Topic 1 Flashcards
How many unemployed by 1932
13 millioj
How many were unemployed in 1931
9 million
How many hobos were there in 1932
2 million
How many BLACKS were unemployed by 1932 (percentage)
50%
Percent of whites unemployed
20%
What states were included in the dust bowl
Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico
How large was the dust bowl
21 million hectares
What was the nicknames for the people from Oklahoma
Okies
What were the nicknames for people that were unemployed from Arkansas
Arkies
Why were farmers from the west happy to employ Arkies and Okies
They asked for very little pay
How many left their homes to go to the fruit growing west coast
1 million left the dust bowl
How much did rate of marriage drop by in 1932
From 1.23 million to 982,000
How did the suicide rate change
From 12.6 to 17.2 per 1,000 in 1932 ( peak)
How much of the country was estimated to not receive any money
25% ( estimated by newspaper )
How long were schools down in Arkansas
10 months due to lack of government funding
Why were shanty towns named as Hoovervilles
Because it was a ironic name for the lack of support and relief from president hoover
When did Hoovervilles stop
After 1941 were states were given the power to remove them
At the peak how many were estimated to live in a hooverville
700,000
The bonus marchers
They Were Veterans from WW1 who felt that the war binds they had been promised should be payable by 1932 not just by 1945
How many bonus marchers were there
12,000
What did the marchers do in protest
Set up hoover ville
What was the government response
Offered to pay for transportation to remove them all but 5,000 stayed
What happened to the 5,000 protesters who remained
They were la led as communists and police were sent in.
What happened in the confrontation between the police and protestors
2 veterans were killled in the conflict
