history week 3 chapter 7

What was the first sign of an oncoming black blizzard?

a dark line stretching across the horizon

The Dust Bowl was

a period of drought, dust storms and high winds on the great plains

As a way to provide financial support to wheat farmers, this agency paid wheat farmers not to plant wheat:

aaa

Instead of choosing a hardline anti-Roosevelt candidate, the Republican Party chose this man as their candidate in the Election of 1936:

alf landon

The massive dust storm of May 1934 [choose all that apply]

all but coverered

Which of the following is true of the dust storms of the Dust Bowl? [choose all that apply]

all but easily escaped

How did the people of the Great Plains react to the Dust Bowl? [choose all that apply]

all of them

The people of the Dust Bowl classified them into two groups, the more severe were called

black blizzards

The single biggest factor that assisted Roosevelt in the Election of 1936 was that

by the time of the election, the new deal had done something for everyone

During the 1930s, many Dust Bowl farmers gave up and moved, some to the "promised land" of

california

When President Roosevelt starting asking for relief funds from Congress in 1934, large portions of the aid went to [choose all that apply]

cattlemen and wheat farmers

Franklin Roosevelt's plan to shape the Supreme Court to his will was called the

court packing scheme

The respiratory disease created by the dust storms was called this by doctors:

dust pneumonia

In 1938, as Roosevelt addressed the new economic crisis, he had Congress pass the

fair labors standard act

The coming of what group changed the landscape and environment of the Great Plains?

farmers

In the Election of 1936 the Union Party formed under the leadership of

father charles coughlin

In 1939 and 1940, President Roosevelt committed to helping what nation with military supplies and weapons?

great britain

The ________________ ________________ are a vast, treeless area of natural grassland and steppe formations in central North America.

great plains

The major causes of the Dust Bowl were: [choose all that apply]

high winds, drought, plowing

What affect did the collection of payroll taxes to support the new Social Security system have on the economy?

it was negative, slowing it down

Believing that the Depression was ending, President decided to

make a major shift in government policy

What economic impact did the drought, dust storms, and low commodity prices of the 1930s have on farmers? [choose all that apply]

many lost their farms, most could not grow food

Tighter immigration laws after 1929 meant that Okies assumed the role of

migrant farm workers

In Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second inaugural address, he compared America to the ancient Hebrews with himself as _________________.

moses

In 1933, what portion of the American people understood the problems of the dust storms on the Great Plains?

most people outside the area were unaware of the problem

___________ was a term of derision used to describe the Dust Bowl migrants.

okies

Which of the following was NOT one of the new farming methods developed by the SCS to help with the problems in the Dust Bowl?

planting prairie grasses

"Listing" was a way to

prevent erosion

Frederic Clements and Paul Sears argued that the only way to fix the problems of the Great Plains was to

put the natural ecological balance back the way it was before

In late 1937 and into 1938, the American economy went into ________________ once again.

recession

Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau wanted President Roosevelt to

reduce federal spending

Although not precise, generally speaking the Great Plains extend from the ______ River in the south into _______ in the north, and from what is not central Texas and Oklahoma and eastern Kansas in the east to the ______ in the west.

rio grande, canada, rocky mountains

What was significant about Franklin Roosevelt and the Election of 1940?

roosevelt chose to run a 3rd term

The people of the Dust Bowl classified them into two groups, the less severe were called

sand blows

After one of the great dust storms of 1935 dropped Great Plains dirt on Washington, D.C., the Congress created

scs

The 1935 Revenue Act, which brought in additional funding for the New Deal, was popularly known as the "________-______-_________" tax.

soak the rich

The real center of the Dust Bowl was in the

southern great plains

Although Roosevelt and the New Dealers won the Election of 1936, the President still faced strong opposition from the _____________ _____________.

supreme court

When the Dust Bowl came to the direct attention of the majority of the American people, President Roosevelt created more programs to help, these fell into two broad categories: [chooose 2]

temporary financial relief, finding a solution to wind and erosion

The "recovery" of 1936 and 1937 had been supported by

the economic programs of the new deal

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the economy between the second half of 1935 and the first half of 1937?

the economy improved slightly

What was the single biggest problem that contributed to the creation of the Dust Bowl?

the effect the drought and heat had on the soil

What Pulitzer Prize winning novel shaped American perceptions of the Dust Bowl migration to California?

the grapes of wrath

When Justice Willis Van Devanter retired and was replaced by Justice Hugo Black

the liberal justices gained a small majority

What two facts about the ecology of the Great Plains did farmers fail to understand? [choose 2]

the role native grasses played, that local weather patterns predicted drought

The strike tactic used by General Motors employees in 1937 would later be used in Alexandria, Virginia where a group of young black me did the same in

the segregated public library

Which act passed in 1940 was the first ever peacetime military draft in American history?

the selective training and service act

The employees of General Motors used a new tactic in their labor strike in 1937, known as

the sit down strike

In the Election of 1936, Roosevelt's most powerful opposition came from [choose all that apply]

the ultra weatlhy, industrial and business leaders

How did Californians feel about Dust Bowl migrants?

they were not happy, some a nuisance

When the government bought large numbers of cattle and had them slaughtered then processed and canned the meat, where did the canned meat go

to the poor through other relief programs

After the Literary Digest wrongly predicted that Alf Landon would win in the Election of 1936, it

ushered in the age of scientific reason

What two issues overshadowed the Election of 1940? [chooose 2]

war in europe, legacy of the new deal

The "recovery" that the economy experienced in 1936 and 1937 was ________________ and didn't represent any real change in the real economic problems of the nation.

weak

In the Election of 1940, the Republican candidate was

wendell wilkie