Chapter 21 Map Exercises

Some New Deal public-works initiatives looked to government-planned economic transformation as much as economic relief. Select on the map the eastern state where dams on multiple rivers provided cheap electric power for homes and factories in a seven-state region.

Click on Tennessee

According to the map, which states were affected by every year of wind erosion depicted?

Correct -Oklahoma -Texas -Kansas -Colorado Incorrect -Arkansas -Nebraska -New Mexico

What were the effects of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation's distribution of maps like the one shown, labeling their perception of a neighborhood's real-estate prospects?

Correct -Racial segregation was strongly reinforced. -Banks could more easily discriminate against blue-collar workers. Incorrect -Low-income families were better able to find affordable neighborhoods. -City and county agencies were better able to provide public services.

Read the textbook section titled "The New Deal and Agriculture," and analyze the following map. Why was the Midwestern drought of the mid-1930s so catastrophic for farmers?

Correct -The drought devastated not only crops but also livestock. -The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression led to a rural exodus from America's heartland to the cities and farms of the West Coast. The drought and dust storms displaced more than one million farmers. -Mechanized farming made topsoil vulnerable to wind erosion. Incorrect -None of Roosevelt's Hundred Days initiatives were designed to address the plight of the American farmer.

Read the section of the textbook on the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, and analyze the following map. What were the negative consequences of the dams built along the Columbia River?

Correct -environmental damage Incorrect -loss of jobs in the region -newfound energy for irrigation projects -the production of abundant, cheap power in the region

Based on information provided by the map, on which river did the Tennessee Valley Authority build most of its dams?

Tennessee

With the help of the map below, identify whether each dam is located in Tennessee or in Alabama.

Tennessee -Cherokee -Pickwick Landing -Center Hill Alabama -Wheeler -Wilson

What can be inferred about the presidential election of 1932 given the information on the map?

Voters—not happy with how Hoover handled the Great Depression—were desperate for new leadership.

Select on the map the western state where the Grand Coulee Dam was one of many dams built to provide abundant cheap power for homes and factories.

Washington (State)

Franklin D. Roosevelt believed regional economic development would promote economic growth, ease the domestic and working lives of ordinary Americans, and keep control of key natural resources in public rather than private hands. The Roosevelt administration spent far more money on building roads, dams, airports, bridges, and housing than on any other activity.Using the map below of the American Pacific Northwest, identify the status of each dam as of 1949

finished Rock Island Dam proposed Libby Dam building Chief Joseph Dam