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Migrant farm workers who left the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression to seek work elsewhere were known as Okies, a term generally used to represent people from Oklahoma. During the Great Depression, the term was used to refer to people from neighboring states of Oklahoma in an offensive way. The farmers and their families traveled to California, where they were hired as migrant workers for 20 to 25-cents per hour to pick crops.
destitute and homeless and hungry thats true to but they bcame migrants
The "Dust Bowl" was the loss of farmland to drought and erosion in the 1930s. Many farmers left the Great Plains during the height of the Great Depression (1934-1936) and migrated to other areas, especially California, where some found work as migrant laborers.
The dust bowl was in the 1930s in the central part of the US, known as the High Plains. For more about the Dust Bowl, you can read The Facts About the Dust Bowl at http://history.knoji.com/facts-about-the-dust-bowl/
The Dust Bowl occurred during the Great Depression that followed the Stock Market Crash of 1929. This was a period of severe dust storms that ruined agricultural production. As a result, many migrant workers and farmers suffered economic hardship during the Dirty Thirties.
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Many lost their farms.
Migrant farm workers who left the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression to seek work elsewhere were known as Okies, a term generally used to represent people from Oklahoma. During the Great Depression, the term was used to refer to people from neighboring states of Oklahoma in an offensive way. The farmers and their families traveled to California, where they were hired as migrant workers for 20 to 25-cents per hour to pick crops.
The Great Depression - Dust Bowl - migrant workers
Many farmers left the great plain because the dust bowl caused droughts and that was really bad for agriculture or farming
Many farmers moved West to California when their farm turned to dust.
destitute and homeless and hungry thats true to but they bcame migrants
Many farmers left the great plain because the dust bowl caused droughts and that was really bad for agriculture or farming
They left for California in hopes of starting a new life.
The "Dust Bowl" was the loss of farmland to drought and erosion in the 1930s. Many farmers left the Great Plains during the height of the Great Depression (1934-1936) and migrated to other areas, especially California, where some found work as migrant laborers.
During the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl states were suffering from dust and debris damage to their crops as well as property. Many people fled to California and other states. These migrant workers were called Okies, since most from Oklahoma.