LDGD Flashcards
How many banks suspended operations (shut down) during the 1930’s?
1,352 banks
How many companies went out of business in 1932?
30,000 companies
How much of the workforce was unemployed by 1933?
1/4th of the workforce
Why would people visit breadlines and soup kitchens?
for free food
What are shantytowns?
communities of shacks built by homeless people on unused or public lands
What were hobos? How did they travel?
Homeless wanderers, who traveled by walking, hitchhiking, or riding trains to find work
Define – repatriation
Returning immigrants to their home countries
Why would repatriation be voluntary?
jobs became scarce
better jobs in their country of origin
Provide four details explaining how and why Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were repatriated.
-Reduce competition for jobs.
-Falsely accused of being undocumented.
-Forcibly removed by government authorities.
-Encouraged repatriation through organized programs.
How could Mexican repatriation be considered a violation of the U.S. Constitution?
denying due process and equal protection under the law
How many Americans would go to the movies during the Great Depression?
more than 60 million Americans went to the movies each week.
List the most popular movies people were watching.
Animal Crackers
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Wizard of Oz
What types of entertainment would people listen to on the radio?
Radio programs
What did John Steinbeck do that made him an important writer during the Great Depression? Provide three examples.
Reporter
Novelist
Captured the characteristics and issues of the Depression
What is Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath about?
story of a family fleeing the Dust Bowl to find a new life in California
