Tenant farmers were evicted from their land during the 1930s primarily due to the economic hardships of the Great Depression, which led to widespread poverty and a drop in agricultural prices. Many landlords, facing their own financial difficulties, chose to evict tenants who were unable to pay rent or meet their obligations. Additionally, agricultural policies, such as those implemented by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), aimed to reduce crop production, further exacerbating the situation for tenant farmers. This combination of economic strain and changing agricultural policies resulted in mass evictions across rural America.
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The McNary-Haugen Bill aimed to assist American farmers by establishing a system of price supports for agricultural products. It sought to stabilize farm prices and prevent the economic distress that many farmers faced during the 1920s and 1930s. The bill proposed the government buy surplus crops and sell them at a loss to help maintain higher prices for farmers. Although it was introduced multiple times, it ultimately failed to pass in Congress.
The New Deal was a series of programs and policies implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s to combat the Great Depression. Key components included the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which provided jobs for young men; the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), aimed at supporting farmers; and the Social Security Act, which established a safety net for the elderly and unemployed. These programs primarily sought to aid struggling Americans, including the unemployed, farmers, and the elderly, by providing jobs, financial assistance, and social welfare.
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During the 1930s, the President of the United States was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He took office on March 4, 1933, after winning the 1932 election amid the Great Depression. Roosevelt implemented the New Deal, a series of programs and reforms aimed at economic recovery and social welfare. He was re-elected in 1936 and served until his death in 1945.
a. devastating droughts and dust storms throughout the 1930s.
Many farmers left the great plain because the dust bowl caused droughts and that was really bad for agriculture or farming
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most were farmers.
That was the Dust Bowl.
During the 1930s, environmental changes in the form of drought and dust storms, known as the Dust Bowl, devastated farmers living on the Great Plains. The lack of rainfall, coupled with poor farming practices that stripped the land of its natural vegetation, led to crop failures and soil erosion. Many farmers were forced to abandon their land and livelihoods, causing widespread economic hardship and migration.
the great depression.
The Dust Bowl was a severe environmental disaster during the 1930s, primarily affecting the Great Plains of the United States, where prolonged drought and poor agricultural practices led to massive dust storms. This catastrophe devastated crops and farmland, forcing many farmers and migrant workers to abandon their homes in search of better living conditions. Migrant workers, often already struggling, faced intensified competition for low-wage jobs, while tenant farmers lost their livelihoods and were pushed into deeper poverty. The Dust Bowl significantly contributed to the migration of people, particularly to California, in search of work and stability.
Drought, Dustbowl, Great depression (meaning less selling and less money to purchase equipment.)
Tenant farmers were also known as share croppers. They did all the work, raised the crop, in exchange for the right to sell part of the crop. Share cropping is now infamous because of the grinding poverty that most of those people lived in.
I've mostly heard them called "Okies" or "Dust Bowlers." You may want to double check on that though.
They were called Sodbusters. In the open Plains they lacked trees so they used sod to build their homes