Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The southern Great Plains suffered an environmental disaster and became known as
the
a. | Rust Belt. | c. | Bad Luck Plains. | b. | Dust Bowl. | d. | Dead Plains. |
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Traditional Native American tribal governments were restored with the
a. | Native American Act. | c. | Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. | b. | Indian New
Deal. | d. | Indian Removal
Act. |
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Farmers who moved from place to place to harvest fruits and vegetables were
called
a. | migrant workers. | c. | nomads. | b. | sharecroppers. | d. | Dust Bowl
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4.
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What powerful John Steinbeck novel about farm families fleeing the Dust Bowl was
turned into a film?
a. | Spanish Civil War | c. | The Grapes of
Wrath | b. | Let Us Now Praise Famous Men | d. | Gone With the
Wind |
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Who wrote the book Native Son, which told the story of an African
American growing up in Chicago?
a. | Grant Wood | c. | Walker Evans | b. | Thomas Hart Benton | d. | Richard Wright |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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6.
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______________________________ was the first woman to serve in the
cabinet?
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7.
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About 400,000 ____________________ migrated to Northern cities during the
1930s.
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8.
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____________________ groups advocate extreme and immediate change or
action.
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9.
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____________________ promised to end economic and racial injustice.
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10.
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During the 1930s, many Americans went to ____________________ in order to escape
their worries.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Eleanor Roosevelt | d. | Margaret Mitchell | b. | Mary McLeod Bethune | e. | Dorthea Lange | c. | Ellen Sullivan
Woodward | f. | Frances
Perkins |
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11.
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developed program for jobs for women
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12.
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novelist
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13.
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FDR's eyes and ears
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first woman cabinet member
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photographer
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Black Cabinet member
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Short Answer
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Name three things that women did to try to make ends meet.
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18.
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How was the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 helpful to the Native
Americans?
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19.
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What did the struggles of the depression do to politics?
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20.
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How did the government treat Mexican Americans during the Depression?
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21.
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Eleanor Roosevelt campaigned on behalf of what two groups?
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