The 1930s And Dust Bowl

Question 1

Charles Lindbergh Plane

Answer 1

Spirit of St Louis

Question 2

“Black Blizzard” Dust Bowl

Answer 2

1933- 2 million kids out of school
750,000 farms lost
Hoover claims “a passing incident” a dragged his feet
Technology advances slowed

Question 3

Soup kitchens and bread lines

Answer 3

Soup kitchens provided food for people waiting in lines called “bread lines”

Question 4

International apple shipper association

Answer 4

Experienced an underconsumption and oversupply in apples during the Dust Bowl: began to sell apples on credit— the purchaser would pay later

Question 5

Peddling

Answer 5

Selling illegal drugs/stolen items/items taken out of other objects (ie; watch made from stolen parts)

Question 6

Who were affected most by the Dust Bowl?

Answer 6

Blacks an immigrants: lack of jobs due to nativism

Question 7

Dust Bowl Causes

Answer 7

• farmers cleared millions of acres that took out the roots holding soil in place
• in 1931 a drought came and dried the soil and crops easily from overplowing
• prairie winds blew soil away!

Question 8

Migrant workers

Answer 8

Farmers (and their families) fled farms and moved place to place in search for jobs

Question 9

Where was the dust bowl

Answer 9

Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado hit the hardest

Question 10

Jackrabbits

Answer 10

Starved and ate every crop available since the farmers eliminated coyotes. Another cause of duct bowl

Question 11

The ACTUAL dust bowls

Answer 11

• unending stream of dirt and dust
• soil for crops RUINED
• many animals blinded and suffocated

Question 12

Black Sunday

Answer 12

“Black blizzard”- sun completely covered
25 degree decrease in a single hour
People couldn’t reach their homes

Question 13

The New Deal

Answer 13

“A new deal for the American people” - FDR
3 Rs- Relief (for the needy), (Economic and Agricultural) Recovery, and (Banking) Reform

Question 14

Beginning of Frederick D Roosevelt’s presidency

Answer 14

• closed all banks for 4 days
• inspected bank records, allowing only banks with sufficient funds to reopen
• US was informed by radio, once banks reopened many people began to put money in

Question 15

Fireside Chats

Answer 15

Roosevelt’s casual addresses to the United States via radio; gave a sense of security to citizens

Question 16

Relief (for the Needy)

Answer 16

• Federal Emergency Relief Act: gave money to states to assist people in need
• Civilian conservation Corps: paid young men or all background to work on environmental work projects
• works progress administration- created 8 million plus jobs
• created soup kitchens: 82 in NYC
• social security act: a small amount of money given to poor elderly people, and establish pensions for retired citizens

Question 17

Economic Recovery

Answer 17

National recovery administration: let companies work together to set prices, max working hrs, minimum wage, etc.
- government built dams/waterways eliminating disastrous floods and harnessing water power for electricity

Question 18

Agricultural Recovery

Answer 18

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration: agency that paid farmers to plant less and raise less animals- somewhat worked
• Soil erosion caused dust bowls which created Soil Conservation Service: planted belts of trees to hold down soil

Question 19

(Banking) Reform

Answer 19

• banking act of 1933- guaranteed individual bank deposits up to $2500 which restored public bank confidence
• securities and exchange commission: required companies to publish important facts about their companies and regulated stockbroker activity