MIGRANT WORKERS

MIGRANT WORKERS OF CALI

• 3/4 of farm workers were Mexicano
• 200,000 to be more accurate.

MIGRANT WORKERS PART 2

• The California state gov sent the Mexicans back in buses.
• White Male government officials claim that Mexicans make up most of California's unemployment
• Some just left as America was is such a bad state

MIGRANT WORKERS PART 3

• Migrant workers moved from farm to farm
• They were housed in accommodation by the big cheese.
• Loads of farms folded due to the crash.
• Lasted around 6 weeks at each farm

MIGRANT WORKER PART 2 OF PART 3

• Their homes were made of cardboard and metal
• Low level of education
• Never enough money to start a family
• In the 1930s 500,000 people went to California per year
• Believed in the American dream

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