Paul Taylor: “Again the Covered Wagon”

Questions for Further Study

• 1. What economic factors led to the Dust Bowl migration to California in the 1930s?
• 2. What environmental factors led to the Dust Bowl migration to California in the 1930s?
• 3. Why was California the preferred destination for such a large number of Dust Bowl refugees?
• 4. What was the reaction of many Californians to the migrants who arrived in the state from the Midwest?
• 5. What solutions, if any, existed at the time to the problems raised by the Dust Bowl migration?