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The Dust Bowl

Woody Guthrie: Okies

No matter their state of origin, all newcomers were dubbed Okies when they crossed the California border. Woody Guthrie talks about the extreme poverty he had seen across the country and sings "I Ain't Got No Home (In This World Any More)".

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The storms and the Great Depression continued.
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The southern Plains were rapidly turned from grasslands to wheat fields.
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