Shantytowns: little towns consisting of shacks, sprang up.
African Americans / Latinos:
Latinos: Thousands of Latinos leave for Mexico under threat of deportation
Foreclosure: Mortgage holder takes back property if occupant has not paid
Farmers exhaust land through overproduction
Dust Bowl: Area affected by severe soil erosion in the 1930s
Okies: Migrants heading west on 66
1930s: Families entertained themselves at home
No Federal relief system or system where cash payments or food provided by gov’t
Worked outside the home but received less money than men
Children:
Falling tax revenues leads to school closures
Wild Boys: Teeneagers boarding freight trains around the country