context

Question 1

who coined the term ‘AMERICAN DREAM’ in 1931?

Answer 1

JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS

Question 2

what is the belieef of the american dream?

Answer 2

regardless to were they are born ayone can gain sucess

Question 3

what does Steinbeck expose the AD to be?

Answer 3

-displays the falseness and pointlessness of dreams and aspirations

Question 4

what was the wall street crash/when?

Answer 4

-1929
=stock markets crashed :
unemployment,hard to survive, unsecure jobs

Question 5

what dominated California in the 1930’s?

Answer 5

the great depression

Question 6

what occured during the great deppresion?

Answer 6

-huge numbers of unemplyment
-depreesion
-lonlieness
-1/2 million itnerant workers migrated to california inhope of work

Question 7

explain the dust bowl?

Answer 7

-huge draughts
-infertile land=lead to thousands of itnerant workers migatred to california for better work
=caused C to be overrun —>leading to hardship ( ITNERANT LIFE STYLE) and insecure jobs

Question 8

explain racial discrimination and Jim crow laws:

Answer 8

lawlessnes & jim crow laws were exploited
as mandated segregation was allowed
- however soceity was unjust as black ppl were marganiles and suffered because of this

Question 9

expalin waht lynching is ?
what character threatens crooks with it?

Answer 9

-INDICATIVE OF RACIAL SEGGREGATION
-control of black people making them feel INFERIOT
-killing them on tree, horrific, tormenting acts
-curleys wife threatens crooks w this discpicable act

Question 10

how does Steinbeck display the Jim Crow laws to be?

Answer 10

-shows more powerful men on the ranch
exploiting the lawlessness nature of the 1930s