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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 Crop Rotation. Digital image. 2 May 2009 <http://slabodsky
Dust Bowl Region. Digital image. 2 May 2009 < "Farm Labor in the 1930s - Rural Migration News |." Migration Dialogue. 02 May 2009 < "Farm Security Administration -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 02 May 2009 < "The Migrant Experience." American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page. 02 May 2009 < Migrant Family Camp. Digital image. 2 May 2009 < Mild Climate. Digital image. 2 May 2009 < 1929 Crash. Digital image. 2 May 2009 < Paper Work. Digital image. 2 May 2009 < "Picture this: Depression Era: 1930's." Oakland Museum of California. 2 May 2009 < Town Dust Storm. Digital image. 2 May 2009 < Works Cited

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