Migrant farm workers and ranch life in the 1930s notes by Isabella Nelson https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2021-12-09 19:25:55 UTC 2025-09-25 04:10:15 UTC hello@padlet.com isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1939007428 It was a time of depression and loneliness. Along with the constant harassment and discrimination, it was a terrible time to be a migrant worker. They lived in tents and out of the backs of cars and trucks.]]> 2021-12-09 19:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1939007428 isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1939008625 The living conditions were terrible, so terrible that many set up camps along irrigation ditches in the farmers' fields. These "ditchbank" camps fostered poor sanitary conditions and created a public health problem.]]> 2021-12-09 19:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1939008625 isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940800556 African American Great migration, more than 7 million African Americans left the South during the 20th century, settling mostly in the big cities of the North and West. ]]> 2021-12-10 17:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940800556 isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940801281 Dust bowl migration, The relocation to California of close to 400,000 Oklahomans, Texans, Arkansans, and Missourians during the Great Depression was the most publicized mass migration of that decade. ]]> 2021-12-10 17:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940801281 isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940812510 Wages throughout the nation fell during the Depression. As a result, migrant workers in California who had been making 35 cents per hour in 1928 made only 14 cents per hour in 1933. Along with the mass amount of people coming to California, their wages fell especially low]]> 2021-12-10 17:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940812510 Burke: How much was the average wage of a migrant farm worker? isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940961991 2021-12-10 19:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940961991 Den: What are some great migrations across history? isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940962816 2021-12-10 19:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940962816 Lucas: Who were the migrant farm workers during The Great Depression? Why did these individuals choose this way of life? isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940964436 2021-12-10 19:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940964436 isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940973190 Most migrant workers were from states affected by the dust bowl, such as, Oklahoma and Texas.the migrants had to leave their homes because of ecological issues that occurred such as the dust bowl. The dust bowl was a giant dust storm that wiped all of the Oklahoma farmland in the late 1920’s. This storm destroyed all of the farmers crops. Along with the Great Depression, people had no money and had to get up and leave to CA. ]]> 2021-12-10 19:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940973190 Bella: What was living on a ranch like in the 1930s? Where did the migrant workers live while working on the farms? What was the quality of life for migrant workers? isabellanelson10_1 https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940973855 2021-12-10 19:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/isabellanelson10_1/hkntm89tsv8ede0l/wish/1940973855