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The displaced farmers became the migrants described in John Steinbeck's, Grapes of Wrath. Families from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas, packed what they could in cars and trucks and headed west. Most were aiming for California where they would become a class of migrant farmers, following the crops during the harvesting season.

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How is dust bowl and Great Depression alike?

The dustbowl is a nickname for the Midwest during the great depression. I is one factor that causes the great depression because of the shortage of food.


What were the environmental conditions from the dust bowl?

The Great Depression


Where did many farmers immigrate after the devastation of 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.


How were the dust bowl and the Great Depression linked?

The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression were interconnected events during the 1930s, both exacerbating the hardships faced by many Americans. The Dust Bowl, caused by severe drought and poor agricultural practices, led to massive soil erosion and crop failures, displacing thousands of farmers and worsening economic conditions. As rural communities struggled, the Great Depression deepened, resulting in widespread unemployment and poverty. Together, these crises highlighted the vulnerabilities of both the agricultural sector and the economy as a whole.


Why did people leave the great plains during the great depression?

People left the Great Plains during the Great Depression due to severe droughts and dust storms leading to crop failures and economic hardship. This period, known as the Dust Bowl, pushed many farmers to abandon their land in search of better opportunities elsewhere.

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What act hurt farmers during the depression?

The "Dust Bowl"


What was life like on the plains during the Great Depression?

During the Great Depression years, in the Dust Bowl states, located in the Great Plains, dust and dirt 'devoured' many crops leaving farmers without adequate earnings and crop yields.


The grapes of wrath tells about the struggles of what?

The Grapes of Wrath is about a family of farmers during The Great Depression who are forced to survive through the Dust Bowl as economic hardships mount for them.


What poverty was going on during the great depression?

The Dust Bowl.


Why was life difficult for farm laborers during the depression?

Because the Great Depression happened to coincide with the "Dust Bowl" and drought which lasted for several years causing consecutive year crop failures and bankruptcy for many farmers.


How is dust bowl and Great Depression alike?

The dustbowl is a nickname for the Midwest during the great depression. I is one factor that causes the great depression because of the shortage of food.


Why do you think voters did not listen to Hoovers ideas about government?

beacuse during great depression they blamed him for it so great


Who were the Okies and Arkies?

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.


What else took place during the dust bowl in America?

The great depression.


How did what happen to farmers during the 1920s foreshadow events of the great depression?

the dust bowl and they were not able to purchase their share in americas output.


What environmental disaster added the great depression and hit the farmers the worst?

You are describing the Dust Bowl, a decade of severe drought in the west and southwest that ruined countless farmers.


What happened to farmers debts The great depression and the new deal?

The Dust Bowl swept the farmers plants causing people to suffer with great money loss because many farmers couldn't pay for their debts when they borrowed money.