USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Because many of the destitute farmers came from Oklahoma, they were known as “Okies.” In California, the migrants took whatever work they could find harvesting other farmers’ crops. Because there were far more migrants than there was work, they were paid very little.

Detailed explanation-2: -The migrants included people from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico, but were all referred to as “Okies” and “Arkies". More of the migrants were from Oklahoma than any other state, and a total of 15% of the Oklahoma population left for California.

Detailed explanation-3: -The exact number of Dust Bowl refugees remains a matter of controversy, but by some estimates, as many as 400, 000 migrants headed west to California during the 1930s, according to Christy Gavin and Garth Milam, writing in California State University, Bakersfield’s Dust Bowl Migration Archives.

Detailed explanation-4: -What signs of the Depression might one notice while walking through an American city, according to the excerpt? One might notice empty buildings and idle factories. Also, the streets might not be so crowded with trucks. Thousands of World War I veterans came to Washington in 1932 to lobby Congress to.

Detailed explanation-5: -The farmers and sharecroppers who left the dust bowl to find work in the west were known as hoboes.