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the were peaople who refugees from 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.
where did children go to school during the dust bowl
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.
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
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the were peaople who refugees from the dust bowl
They were known derisively as "Okies" as many of them came from Oklahoma.
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they traveled because of the dust bowls.
"Dust Bowl."
Oklahoma Dust Bowl farmers who migrated to California to find work.
They became the reluctant host to the Okies.
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.
The Okies and it didn't matter if you were born and raised in Kansas.
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.
where did children go to school during the dust bowl