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where did the nickname Okie, commonly given to migrants from the Great Depression, come from?

by Guest2912  |  12 years, 9 month(s) ago

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it was givin to the farmers that moved from the south away from the dust bowls, and they would move from state to state looking for work

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  1. GiGi
    Okie is a term, dating from as early as 1907,originally denoting a resident or native of Oklahoma. It is derived from the name of the state, similar to Texan or Tex for someone from Texas, or Arkie or Arkansawyer for a native of Arkansas.
    In the 1930s on the West Coast, especially California, the term (often used in contempt) came to refer to a migrant who left the South, Midwest, and sometimes, Southeast United States to settle in large numbers to restart their lives in the region's thriving agriculture and manufacturing industries. Most worked on farms, and in the shipyards and defense factories leading up to and following World War II. The Dust Bowl as well as a federal program which took farm land out of production  caused many to lose or leave their homes.
    Rural Caucasian and American Indian farmers of Oklahoma, and from the Southern and Central states relocated to the Northeast and west coast since the 1850s, but the "Okie" migration of the 1930s brought in over a million new displaced residents to California's Central valley and major cities bucked the trend.

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