Salinas in the 1930s

Salinas in the 1930s

Table of Contents
I.

IntroductionSlide 3

II. Geography..Slide 4
III. tribe..Slide 5
IV. Dust Bowl Migrants...Slide 6
V. Life in Salinas in the 1930s..Slides 7-9

VI. Remarkable Changes; 1936..Slides 10-11
VII.Bibliography.Slide 12

Introduction
? Important historical events that took place in Salinas
such as the Great Depression and Dust Bowl heavily
modify the novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
? Is now the county seat of the Monterey County,
California.





Geography





Lies on the Salinas River
Founded in 1856
Produces agricultural goods
Birthplace of John Steinbeck

Population
? Reached 10,263 by the course of study 1930
? The population was expected to continue to grow as the
line of business was very advantageous

? One of the major factors in the increase in population
was the expanding agricultural industry
? However, new residents were not always welcome as
they were refugees that were pull in due to the
depression

Dust Bowl Migrants
? Settled in labor camps on the east of
Salinas to work at the agricultural
industries aboard Filipinos
? Their coming concerned preexisting
residents as they did not want their
keeping stolen or endangered
? Leaders
of
the
agricultural
industries opposed labor camps as
they thought it would be a source of
disease and would easily pull
Communists

Life in Salinas in the 1930s
? Many advantages
?Weather
?Agriculture
?Building programs
? Dust Bowl migrants settled in Alisal, East Salinas

?Labor camps
?Filipinos, laborers

Life in Salinas in the 1930s
? bothered local residents
?Didnt want belongings stolen
?May attract Communists
?Disease source
? Elimination of labor camps

? Violence and anger strikes
?family 4, 1936 ? Salinas Lettuce Strike

Life in Salinas in the 1930s
?September 15, 1936 ? Strikes at of import and Gabilan
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