Selecting Evidence
Which excerpt from the passage would be the best
evidence for an essay arguing that the Dust Bowl
migrants were intruders?
Many of the people moving west were not farm folk. At
least half had been living in a town or city and doing
some kind of blue-collar or less frequently white-collar
work before unemployment or stories of California
opportunities encouraged them to pack the car and hit
the road. Most of these migrants headed for the cities of
California where they usually found jobs and a decent
standard of living in fairly short order. They were the
overlooked half of the illnamed Dust Bowl migration.
- "The Dust Bowl Migration: Poverty Stories,
Race Stories,"
James N. Gregory
"stories of California opportunities encouraged them
to pack the car and hit the road."
"Most of these migrants headed for the cities of
California."
"they usually found jobs and a decent standard of
living in fairly short order."
"They were the overlooked half of the illnamed Dust
Bowl migration."
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