THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Farmers in the Great Plains
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Doctors up North
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People on the East Coast
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People out West
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Detailed explanation-1: -These Dust Bowl refugees were called “Okies.” Okies faced discrimination, menial labor and pitiable wages upon reaching California. Many of them lived in shantytowns and tents along irrigation ditches. “Okie” soon became a term of disdain used to refer to any poor Dust Bowl migrant, regardless of their state of origin.
Detailed explanation-2: -The areas most affected were the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, northeastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and southwestern Kansas. The Dust Bowl was to last for nearly a decade [1]. After WWl, a recession led to a drop in the price of crops.
Detailed explanation-3: -Drought in the Dust Bowl Years The resulting agricultural depression contributed to the Great Depression’s bank closures, business losses, increased unemployment, and other physical and emotional hardships.
Detailed explanation-4: -In total, the Dust Bowl killed around 7, 000 people and left 2 million homeless. The heat, drought and dust storms also had a cascade effect on U.S. agriculture.