Contexts Flashcards
1
Q
Manifest destiny
A
Idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle in the continent of North America
2
Q
Stock Market Crash
A
Wall Street Crash in 1929, led to the Great Depression
3
Q
The Great Depression
A
A severe global economic downturn that affected many countries
4
Q
The Dust Bowl
A
The result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the plains, caused by natural (droughts) and human (destruction of natural topsoil) factors
5
Q
The Migrant mother
A
Iconic image of the Great Depression taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936
6
Q
Steinbeck
A
Journalist, saw the plight of the migrants
