Why did many Italian immigrants choose to move to the U. S. during the late 180US! 1) to escape religious persecution
• 2) to escape poverty
3) to find gold in the mountains of Colorado
4) to serve as farm laborers in the Midwest

the dust bowl, otherwise known as the dirty thirties, was a huge dust storm that killed multiple (and i mean  multiple) farmer's crops, leaving them homeless, and foodless, and jobless. in california, there were 5.7 million residents, and the population shrank as mexicans were repatriated. however, when the dustbowl happened, a lot of people began to move to california. by 1940, 250,000 people had arrived. therefore, your answer would be  the population increased, massively.  i hope this !

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answer; ///i do believe that the correct answer is (b) ///middle colony