HISTORY 142A Chapter Notes - Chapter article: National Industrial Recovery Act, Culbert Olson, Upton Sinclair
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First democrat in 20th century to win governorship in ca (country majority republican) State still got new deal help though can be seen in form of schools, hospitals, auditoriums, airports, reservoirs, parks, playgrounds, trails, etc. But they still didn"t get a lot of the help from roosevelt"s grand experiment they were promised: a lot of californians kind of felt like the new deal didn"t go far enough. Influx of migrants from dust bowl over course of decade. "not really agitated: ca sharply divided not uncommon, compared to other parts of country, great depression got to ca a lot later diversified economy >direct hit relatively modest. But ca felt the reverberations of nation like nowhere else migrants poured into the state hoping for brighter future here. Most of these people came from urban areas in southwest and some were eve white-collar employees/business owners but most of these people were destitute of these people were destitute.
