THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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California
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Virginia
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New York
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Kansas
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history. By 1940, 2.5 million people had moved out of the Plains states; of those, 200, 000 moved to California.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hard times of the depression upset this system. New immigration laws forcibly deported thousands of Mexican workers. Their absence created a need for farm workers. This attracted the Dust Bowl migrants to settle in California’s farm valleys.
Detailed explanation-3: -The damaging environmental effects of the dust storms had not only dried up the land, but it had also dried up jobs and the economy. The drought caused a cessation of agricultural production, leading to less income for farmers, and consequently less food on the table for their families.