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The "Okies," primarily displaced farmers from Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl, significantly impacted California farm workers by increasing competition for agricultural jobs. As they migrated to California in search of better opportunities, they often accepted lower wages, which drove down pay rates for existing farm workers. Additionally, their arrival contributed to tensions and cultural clashes within the labor force, highlighting issues of class and regional identity in the agricultural sector. Despite these challenges, the Okies also helped shape California's agricultural workforce and contributed to the state's economy.
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Why was it a good thing for california farm owners when the okies showed up?
It was a good thing for the Okies to show up because the California farm owners needed workers.
Was California popular during the Great Depression?
They became the reluctant host to the Okies.
Where do most Okies migrate to?
Most Okies migrated to California
Where did 'okies' migrated to?
California
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.
Where did the Okies migrate to?
California
Who worked to improve conditions for farm workers in California?
it is super lame
What was an oakie during the Great Depression?
During the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl states were suffering from dust and debris damage to their crops as well as property. Many people fled to California and other states. These migrant workers were called Okies, since most from Oklahoma.
Who was the Hispanic leader who led the farm workers in California?
Cesar Chavez spent his life improving the lives of all farm and migrant workers. (see more at link)
What group of Hispanics did Cesar Chavez work to help in California?
United Farm Workers
What state drew many migrant famlies or Okies seeking work?
California
What is the definition of National Farm Workers Association?
the National Farmer Association changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of a union of farm workers almost overnight, when the NFWA went out on strike in support of the mostly Filipino farm workers of the AWOC in Delano, California who had previously initiated a grape strike on September 8, 1965.
