PART B (This is the second part of the previous question--Notice it requires two answers): Which TWO details from the text best support the answer to Part A?(4 points)

Responses

"The unique nature of California agriculture requires that these migrants exist, and requires that they move about. Peaches and grapes, hops and cotton cannot be harvested by a resident population of laborers." (Paragraph 3)
"The unique nature of California agriculture requires that these migrants exist, and requires that they move about. Peaches and grapes, hops and cotton cannot be harvested by a resident population of laborers." (Paragraph 3)

"The earlier foreign migrants have invariably been drawn from a peon class. This is not the case with the new migrants." (Paragraph 12)
"The earlier foreign migrants have invariably been drawn from a peon class. This is not the case with the new migrants." (Paragraph 12)

"They are resourceful and intelligent Americans who have gone through the hell of the drought, have seen their lands wither and die and the top soil blow away" (Paragraph 14)
"They are resourceful and intelligent Americans who have gone through the hell of the drought, have seen their lands wither and die and the top soil blow away" (Paragraph 14)

"The migrants are needed, and they are hated. Arriving in a district they find the dislike always meted out by the resident to the foreigner, the outlander." (Paragraph 4)
"The migrants are needed, and they are hated. Arriving in a district they find the dislike always meted out by the resident to the foreigner, the outlander." (Paragraph 4)

"They have come from the little farm districts where democracy was not only possible but inevitable, where popular government, whether practiced in the Grange, in church organization or in local government, was the responsibility of every man." (Paragraph 24)
"They have come from the little farm districts where democracy was not only possible but inevitable, where popular government, whether practiced in the Grange, in church organization or in local government, was the responsibility of every man." (Paragraph 24)

"But in recent years the foreign migrants have begun to organize, and at this danger signal they have been deported in great numbers, for there was a new reservoir from which a great quantity of cheap labor could be obtained." (Paragraph 6)

1 answer

To best support the answer to Part A regarding the migratory labor situation in California, the two details from the text that are most relevant are:

  1. "The unique nature of California agriculture requires that these migrants exist, and requires that they move about. Peaches and grapes, hops and cotton cannot be harvested by a resident population of laborers." (Paragraph 3) - This detail emphasizes the necessity of migrant labor in California's agricultural sector, highlighting that the type of crops grown cannot be harvested by a settled workforce.

  2. "The migrants are needed, and they are hated. Arriving in a district they find the dislike always meted out by the resident to the foreigner, the outlander." (Paragraph 4) - This point illustrates the complex relationship between migrants and residents, indicating that while migrants are essential for agricultural work, they face significant animosity from local populations.

These two pieces of evidence together encapsulate the dependence on migrant labor for California's agriculture, as well as the social tensions surrounding it.