Module 8 Part 3

Question 1

: those who had lost their money through no fault of their own but were unable to work because of circumstances. They were considered more “deserving” of assistance than the “undeserving poor” who were seen by society as having behaved recklessly, perhaps overindulging in speculation, or who were considered simply lazy.

Answer 1

the deserving poor

Question 2

: the area in the middle of the country that had been badly over-farmed in the 1920s and suffered from a terrible drought that coincided with the Great Depression; the name came from the “black blizzard” of topsoil and dust that blew through the area

Answer 2

Dust Bowl

Question 3

: a policy enacted between 1929 and 1939 that resulted in the deportation and repatriation of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans

Answer 3

Mexican Repatriation Act

Question 4

: a reference to the infamous 1931 trial in Scottsboro, Alabama, where nine Black American boys were falsely accused of raping two White women and sentenced to death; the extreme injustice of the trial, particularly given the age of the boys and the inadequacy of the testimony against them, garnered national and international attention

Answer 4

Scottsboro Boys

Question 5

form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade

Answer 5

subsistence farming: