50 tests on a topic “The literature of Great Depression: John Steinbeck, E. Caldwell

was largely a result of farming practices on the Great Plains

caused the dust from the plains to blow as far as Chicago.

only lasted for about a year

11. 
    In the early 1930s, the term "Okies" referred to
    

1. 
   moonshiners trying to make a living in Appalachia.
   
2. 
   oil speculators losing money in the Southwest
   
3. 
   swamp dwellers out of the mainstream in the Deep South
   
4. 
   dispossessed farmers fleeing the Dust Bowl.
   

12. 
    Four of the following statements accurately describe the condition of blacks during the Great Depression. Which is the exception?
    

1. 
   The migration of blacks to the North ended abruptly.
   
2. 
   Blacks suffered a higher unemployment rate than whites.
   
3. 
   Discrimination against blacks increased, particularly in competition for jobs.
   
4. 
   Local government and private relief benefits for blacks were smaller than for whites.
   

13. 
    In the 1920s, the great majority of Hispanics in California and the American Southwest originally migrated from
    

1. 
   Cuba
   
2. 
   Mexico
   
3. 
   Puerto Rico.
   
4. 
   Haiti.
   

14. 
    One effect of the Great Depression on women was to
    

1. 
   open up new opportunities for women in the professions.
   
2. 
   strengthen the belief that a woman's place was in the home.
   
3. 
   drive most women out of the labor force by the time the economic crisis was over.
   
4. 
   gain increased public support for such feminist organizations as the National Woman's Party.
   

15. 
    Four of the following were effects of the Great Depression on the American family. Which is the exception?
    

1. 
   The birth rate declined.
   
2. 
   The marriage rate declined.
   
3.