What Group Is Described as "Riding the Rails" by Hopping

question 46

Multiple Choice

What group is described as "riding the rails" by hopping into freight cars during the Depression?

• A) Native Americans who left their reservations and took to the open road
• B) Oklahoma families who lost their farms in the Dust Bowl
• C) immigrants who worked on the railroad
• D) teenagers who hopped onto empty freight cars

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