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.
Sharecroppers were unable to cultivate the land and lost a lot of money to the banks. Because of this the banks took their lands and they were forced to make a difficult move to the West to find better jobs.
A farmer who rented a piece of land was known as a tenant farmer. These individuals paid rent to a landowner in exchange for the right to farm on the property. Tenant farmers often faced challenges such as limited financial resources and uncertainty about the security of their land tenure.
Huge Roman estates were called latifundia. These estates were massive agricultural properties that often encompassed vast amounts of land and were worked by slaves or tenant farmers to produce crops for commercial purposes.
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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.
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Tenant farmers used their own tools and animals
The landowners want the tenant farmers to leave in "The Grapes of Wrath" because they want to increase profits by using modern agricultural methods that require fewer workers. They see the tenant farmers as obstacles to progress and are driven by greed and a desire for efficiency. The farmers are viewed as expendable in the face of mechanization and economic interests.
Tenant farmers grew a large variety of crops.
Tenant farmers used their own tools and animals
Southern Tenant Farmers Union was created in 1934.
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Tenant farmers were different from sharecroppers because they usually had their own tools and animals.