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The Stock Market crashes and the economy drops. Along with this downfall, many Americans are evicted and fired from their jobs and are forced to migrate to find new work.
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George and Lenny arrive and begin working at a ranch in the Salinas Valley in California.
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The drought and winds that turned parts of the Great Plains into the Dust Bowl drove hundreds of thousands of migrant workers into California looking for a better life, only to find little work and poor living conditions.
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Despite the need for warfare spending, the Great Depression comes to an end.