THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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increased nativist sentiment in the Midwest
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creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
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demands made by the Populist Movement
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migration of agricultural laborers to California
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Detailed explanation-1: -More people migrated to California in the 1930s than any other state in the country. By 1938, the population in most valley towns increased by 50%. The constant arrival of poor migrants overwhelmed schools and services in the small farm towns located throughout the valley.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the rural area outside Boise City, Oklahoma, the population dropped 40% with 1, 642 small farmers and their families pulling up stakes. 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-3: -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: -The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken southern plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a drought in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.