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Topic 1 Flashcards

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How many unemployed by 1932

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13 millioj

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How many were unemployed in 1931

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9 million

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How many hobos were there in 1932

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2 million

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How many BLACKS were unemployed by 1932 (percentage)

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50%

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Percent of whites unemployed

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20%

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What states were included in the dust bowl

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Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico

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How large was the dust bowl

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21 million hectares

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What was the nicknames for the people from Oklahoma

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Okies

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What were the nicknames for people that were unemployed from Arkansas

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Arkies

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Why were farmers from the west happy to employ Arkies and Okies

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They asked for very little pay

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How many left their homes to go to the fruit growing west coast

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1 million left the dust bowl

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How much did rate of marriage drop by in 1932

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From 1.23 million to 982,000

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How did the suicide rate change

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From 12.6 to 17.2 per 1,000 in 1932 ( peak)

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How much of the country was estimated to not receive any money

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25% ( estimated by newspaper )

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15
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How long were schools down in Arkansas

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10 months due to lack of government funding

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Why were shanty towns named as Hoovervilles

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Because it was a ironic name for the lack of support and relief from president hoover

17
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When did Hoovervilles stop

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After 1941 were states were given the power to remove them

18
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At the peak how many were estimated to live in a hooverville

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700,000

19
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The bonus marchers

A

They Were Veterans from WW1 who felt that the war binds they had been promised should be payable by 1932 not just by 1945

20
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How many bonus marchers were there

A

12,000

21
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What did the marchers do in protest

A

Set up hoover ville

22
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What was the government response

A

Offered to pay for transportation to remove them all but 5,000 stayed

23
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What happened to the 5,000 protesters who remained

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They were la led as communists and police were sent in.

24
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What happened in the confrontation between the police and protestors

A

2 veterans were killled in the conflict

25
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How much did the bonus marchers want

A

2.3 million dollars

WJEC USA History (4 decks)

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