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Despite the many photographs taken, exposing these extraordinary storms and horrible outcomes, books and paintings had also come out of this. Famous author, John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath on the Okies and their lifestyles.

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FDR established many programs to help alleviate the poor and farmers. Hes established the Soil Erosion Service and the Prairie States Forestry Project in 1935. These projects put local farmers to work planting trees as windbreakers on farms across the Great Plains. The Soil Erosion Service taught new farming techniques to combat the problem of soil erosion.

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"Okies" were accused of of stealing jobs and overcrowding schools from Native Americans. For going on a train without paying for the fair, punishment was to either leave CA or spend 180 days doing hard labor. Many police officers were placed at state borders for migration checks.

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Approximately 2.5 million people left the Dust Bowl states. The name "okie" derived from the largest number of people who migrated were from Oklahoma. Many left looking for work to migrate to the Central Valley of California.

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Static electricity began to collect dust in the Great Plains areas such as Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Colorado. Dust storms formed in response followed by drought periods lasting years.

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The Dust Bowl was caused by economic and agricultural factors, including federal land policies, changes in weather and farm economics.

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Documentary photography had become more of a mainstream way to expose a story or event. Many of these photographs depicted the horrible effects from the Dust Bowl. When "Okies" migrated west, photographs exposed the Dust Bowl Camps commonly in the central valley of CA.

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By 1936, farmers were losing approximately 25 million dollars a day because of the devastating effects of the storms. Cattle were being killed by the foreign objects in the wind and being filled with sand. Soon, 500,000 people planned to move west.

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By 1934, dust storms begin to reach farther towards New York, Chicago and Boston. Dust storms reach a height of 10,000 ft. and ravage farms at a speed of 65 mph. The static electricity is enough to power New York City.

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By 1930 rain becomes scarce. By 1931 crops began to fail because of a drought and over-plowed land causing the soil to erode.