Okies comes from Oklahoma, a state where the Dust Bowl took full effect with its onslaught upon the people of Oklahoma. The people who moved from Oklahoma to escape the storms were thus nicknamed Okies.
Both the Okies and the Hoboes were homeless. They left their houses for job.
the were peaople who refugees from the dust bowl
Many of the farmers displaced by the Dust Bowl disaster (1934-1940) relocated to California, where they were known as Okies because many were from Oklahoma. They were seeking jobs as farm laborers, but the Great Depression left many migrants without work, or living in unsanitary shanty towns.
they were called okies and they came from the southern plains around the time of the great depression looking for work most aiming for california.this was around 1930 to 1935
They were known derisively as "Okies" as many of them came from Oklahoma.
Okies is the nickname for people from Oklahoma. Arkies is the nickname for people from Arkansas. The Okies and Arkies were farmers who moved to California during the Great Depression.
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Farmers who moved west to find work.
The "Okies and Arkies" were migrant farmers moving from Oklahoma (Okie), Arkansas (Arkie), and Texas to California during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
Okies comes from Oklahoma, a state where the Dust Bowl took full effect with its onslaught upon the people of Oklahoma. The people who moved from Oklahoma to escape the storms were thus nicknamed Okies.
It became the reluctant host to the Okies.
They became the reluctant host to the Okies.
Most Okies migrated to California
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Both the Okies and the Hoboes were homeless. They left their houses for job.
"Dust Bowl."