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8 Cards in this Set
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hobos
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hitched rides in trains
used signs |
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dust bowl
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series of droughts on 100th meridian
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Migrant Workers
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Moved from Dust Bowl to California
known as Okies |
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Florence Owens Thomson
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most famous okie
in the picture with kids car broke down and husbands went with 2 sons to get help |
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Works Progress Administration
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get people off leases
made sure head of household was an employed male |
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Social Security
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safety net for elderly
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Wagner Act
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allows creation of union
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Recession of 1937
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Fed Gov scaled back ged spending of enemployment shot 20%
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