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Select the correct term that matches each definition.

Terms:

  1. Dorothea Lange
  2. 21st Amendment
  3. Hoover Flag
  4. Hoover Blankets
  5. Scottsboro Boys
  6. African Americans
  7. California
  8. Migrant
  9. Dust Bowl
  10. Hoovervilles

Definitions:

  • What was the area of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Arkansas where the land was dry and the soil was blown away called?
  • An empty pocket turned inside out was referred to as a __________________(blank) ____________(blank).
  • This group suffered discrimination during the Depression including a higher unemployment rate and an increase in lynching.
  • Newspapers that the homeless slept under were referred to as _________________(blank).
  • The book Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was inspired by the photographs of migrant workers taken by which photojournalist?
  • Many of the farmers of the Midwest headed west to seek better opportunities; a lot ended up as __________(blank) workers.
  • Many of the Dust Bowl refugees headed to ________(blank), which they thought was the land of plenty.
  • This group of nine young blacks were unjustly accused of rape in Alabama in 1931.
  • This law abolished Prohibition and allowed the sale of alcoholic beverages to be controlled by the states.
  • What were shantytowns that sprang up from the homeless, generally made from cardboard boxes, tar paper, and crates called?

Answers:

  1. Dorothea Lange: The book Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was inspired by the photographs of migrant workers taken by which photojournalist?
  2. 21st Amendment: This law abolished Prohibition and allowed the sale of alcoholic beverages to be controlled by the states.
  3. Hoover Flag: An empty pocket turned inside out was referred to as a __________________(blank) ____________(blank).
  4. Hoover Blankets: Newspapers that the homeless slept under were referred to as _________________(blank).
  5. Scottsboro Boys: This group of nine young blacks were unjustly accused of rape in Alabama in 1931.
  6. African Americans: This group suffered discrimination during the Depression including a higher unemployment rate and an increase in lynching.
  7. California: Many of the Dust Bowl refugees headed to ________(blank), which they thought was the land of plenty.
  8. Migrant: Many of the farmers of the Midwest headed west to seek better opportunities; a lot ended up as __________(blank) workers.
  9. Dust Bowl: What was the area of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, and Arkansas where the land was dry and the soil was blown away called?
  10. Hoovervilles: What were shantytowns that sprang up from the homeless, generally made from cardboard boxes, tar paper, and crates called?

 

 

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