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The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history within a short period of time. The second wave of the Great Migration by African Americans from the South to the ...

The Dust Bowl Migration" Poverty Stories, Race Stories . by James N. Gregory. A revised version of this essay appeared as ?The Dust Bowl Migration? in Poverty in the United ...

The Great Depression began when the stock markets crashed in October 1929, sparking more than a decade of economic turmoil. It taught some hard lessons about frugality. Len ...

Dust Bowl Migration Questions to Consider. Who were the Dust Bowl refugees? Why did they come to California? How did they get to California, and how did they live during their ...

Dust Bowl Migration: The resources in this primary source set are intended for classroom use. If your use will be beyond a single classroom, please review ...

American Exodus The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California. by James N. Gregory [photo essay] [links and sources] This is a companion website for James N.

In 1930, California had 5.7 million residents, and the population shrank as 120,000 Mexicans were repatriated. In the 1930s, farmers from the Midwestern Dust Bowl states ...

... work provides such deft analysis of and fresh insight into the works of Lange, Steinbeck, Ford, and Guthrie in relation to the Dust Bowl migration.

The Dust Bowl migration of 1930-1940 was one of the major evacuations in U.S. history. ... Farmer and sons walking through a dust storm, Cimarron County, OK, 1936. (Library of ...