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What is the nickname of the 1930's decade?
The Age of the Depression
Who were the Okies and Arkies?
The "Okies and Arkies" were migrant farmers moving from Oklahoma (Okie), Arkansas (Arkie), and Texas to California during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
How much did migrant workers in the 1930's get paid?
* The lived under very poor living conditions. Most got paid 15-25 cents an hour which is only $5 a day! *
What were the working conditions of farmers in the 1930's?
Life was very hard for the farmers during the 1930's. Most had been in a downward economic spiral since the end of the first world war. Government programs helped them to make it through the Depression. However, farmers in the Plains states suffered a devastating drought known as the Dust Bowl, which resulted in many of them abandoning their farms, and heading to California to work as itinerant farm workers.
Nickname of Oklahoma in the 1930's?
The U.S state of Oklahoma (along with several other states in the immediate vicinity) were known as part of "The Dust Bowl".
How did migrant workers travel in 1930's?
On foot
What was the nickname of the plains farmers?
The nickname for plains farmers is okies.
Where did many of these migrant farmers go from the dust bowl?
to California
What did Steinbeck do to prepare for his book The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck?
He wrote articles about migrant farmers.
What was true about bonanza farmers?
They were farmed by day laborers or migrant workers. Apex
What problems did farmers and migrant workers face?
animals eating their crops and hoodlums robbing them
What was the most common destination africans American migrant between 1910 and 1930?
Northern cities - Apex
What do you want to know about a 1930s migrant farm worker?
Today you can still find '''migrant workers''' in '''''California USA.''''' In the 1930's '''1.3 million Americans''' from the Midwest & the Southwest '''migrated''' to '''California''', they already had a population of '''5.7 million in the 1930's.''' People in the 1930's were very racist so they split the '''black people''' up away from the '''white people'''. They were always '''discriminated and yelled at.''' '''In 1930's''' the migrant workers '''travelled by foot''' because they had nothing for '''transportation.''' '''Migrant workers''' lived on farms all over the '''united states of America'''. They even lived on '''camps where they felt safer.''' '''A migrant worker''' is someone who is '''white Midwestern''', who worked on a '''farm''' in the '''1930's''' they wanted to live a better life by '''labour in California.''' '''I hope that you learnt a lot from this, I got a lot of my ideas from the ''book'' -''' ''Of mice and men (John Steinbeck)''
What actors and actresses appeared in The Jolly Farmers - 1930?
The cast of The Jolly Farmers - 1930 includes: Robert Chigwell as George Meadows Claude Fitzgerald as The Jolly Farmers Stanley Kirkby Tubby Phillips Edward Reach as The Jolly Farmers Albert Wyndham as The Jolly Farmers
Who are the people who work in an farmland?
They are called farmers. However sometimes farmers hire temporary workers called farm hands. If the farm hands travel from job to job, they are called migrant workers.
What is the nickname of the 1930's decade?
The Age of the Depression
Nickname of the Great Plains in the 1930's?
Dust Bowl
