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Migrant Workers in the 1930’s

Migrant Workers in the 1930’s. John Jeng. Cause. Drop in market price Stock market crash Banks collecting money Drought Dust storms. Reason for California. Mild climate Diversity of crops Over exaggerated promises. Problems in California. Local/state infrastructures overworked

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Migrant Workers in the 1930’s

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  1. Migrant Workers in the 1930’s John Jeng

  2. Cause • Drop in market price • Stock market crash • Banks collecting money • Drought Dust storms

  3. Reason for California • Mild climate • Diversity of crops • Over exaggerated promises

  4. Problems in California • Local/state infrastructures overworked • Worker to job ratio

  5. Origin of Workers • Called Okies • Dust bowl • Mexico

  6. The People • Rejected at the border • Low wages • “Ditchbanks” • Discrimination

  7. Farm Security Administration • FSA • Created camps • Cleaner more sanitary • Community

  8. Statistics • 1920’s – ¾ workers were mexican • 1973 – Arvin Migratory Labor Camp

  9. World War II • Increased economy • Left for war • Set roots

  10. Works Cited • Crop Rotation. Digital image. 2 May 2009 <http://slabodsky.com/crop%20rotation.bmp>. • Dust Bowl Region. Digital image. 2 May 2009 <http://hollyhistoricalsociety.org/images/map%20of%20dust%20bowl%20region.jpg>. • "Farm Labor in the 1930s - Rural Migration News |." Migration Dialogue. 02 May 2009 <http://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/more.php?id=788_0_6_0>. • "Farm Security Administration -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 02 May 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_Security_Administration>. • "The Migrant Experience." American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page. 02 May 2009 <http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html>. • Migrant Family Camp. Digital image. 2 May 2009 <http://www.weareca.org/images/period05/b-dust-bowl/migrant-family-camp.jpg>. • Mild Climate. Digital image. 2 May 2009 <http://www.gautengmarlboro.org/images/design/climate.jpg>. • 1929 Crash. Digital image. 2 May 2009 <http://www.dow5000.com/1929crash.jpg>. • Paper Work. Digital image. 2 May 2009 <http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/Paperwork.gif>. • "Picture this: Depression Era: 1930's." Oakland Museum of California. 2 May 2009 <http://www.museumca.org>. • Town Dust Storm. Digital image. 2 May 2009 <http://plantandsoil.unl.edu/croptechnology2005/UserFiles/Image/siteImages/TownDustStormNOAA-LG.jpg>.

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