U5L7 Life During the Depression Flashcards
How do dust storms affect neighboring areas?
Dust storms buried farmhouses, fences, and even trees over large areas of the plains. People put shutters over doors and windows, but the dust blew in anyway. Even food crunched when it was chewed.
What cause the dust storms?
Years of overgrazing by cattle and plowing by farmers destroyed the grasses that once held the soil in place. The drought of the 1930s and high winds did the rest.
Which people were most affected by the drought and the dust storms?
poor farmers in Oklahoma and other Great Plains states
What did the people in Oklahoma do because of the dusts storms?
Hundreds of these “Okies” packed their belongings into cars and trucks and headed west.
These people who were affected by the dust storms eventually became migrant workers. What is the definition of migrant workers?
people who move from one region to another in search of work
Where did Okies hope to find jobs?
California
Oregon
Washington
Once they (the people who were affected by the dust storms) reached the West Coast, the migrants faced a new hardship—they were not wanted. Why?
Local citizens feared that the newcomers would take away their jobs. Sometimes, angry crowds blocked the highways and forced the migrants to go elsewhere. Those migrants who did find work were paid little.
How were woman affected by the depression?
Available Jobs
Some women took in laundry to earn extra money. Others took in boarders to help pay the rent.
If jobs were available, employers hired men before they would hire women. In order to spread jobs around, the federal government refused to hire a woman if her husband had a job.
How were woman affected by the depression?
Wives and Husband
Wives also found that unemployed husbands needed more nurturing to feel worthwhile.
During the 1930s, the number of married women in the work force increased by 52 percent. Educated women took jobs as secretaries, schoolteachers, and social workers. Other women earned livings as maids, factory workers, and seamstresses.
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In San Antonio, Texas, at least 80 percent of the pecan shellers were Mexican American women. What did Emma Tenayuna do about this?
She organized the shellers and led them off the job. Tenayuca said later, “I had a basic faith in the American idea of freedom and fairness. I felt something had to be done.”
How did Eleanor Roosevelt created a new role for the First Lady?
Acting as the President’s “eyes and ears,” she toured the nation. She visited farms and Indian reservations and traveled deep into a coal mine. She talked to homemakers, studying the condition of their clothing on the washline to measure how well they were doing.
How did Eleanor Roosevelt show her support for woman rights?
In her newspaper column, “My Day,” she called on Americans to live up to the goal of equal justice for all. By speaking out on social issues, Eleanor Roosevelt angered some people. However, many other Americans admired her strong stands.
How did drought contribute to the Dust Bowl?
It dried out the topsoil.
What decision did the federal government make about working women?
A woman could not be hired by the government if her husband had a job.
What is an Oakie?
a poor farmer in Oklahoma and other Great Plains states who packed up belongings into the car to head west for work
What was the purpose of the Black Cabinet?
to advise FDR on African American issues
What happened when Americans wanted Mexicans sent back to Mexico?
More than 400,000 people were sent back to their original country. Some were U.S. citizens.
