GreatDep

What is a "Shantytown"

• little town consisting of shacks

• little town consisting of cars

• houses made of mud

• houses made of bricks

What were "soup kitchens" and "bread lines"

• places offering free or lost cost food

• a place to get only cookies

• places offering free ice cream

How did the Great Depression affect minorities (SELECT ALL THAT ARE TRUE)

• Their unemployment rates were high

• They dealt with increasing racial violence

• Whites demanded that Latinos be deported

Select the states that made up the "DUST BOWL"

• Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado

• Florida, Georgia, Utah and California

• New York, Ohio, Texas, and Washington

These people wandered the country hitching rides on trains and sleeping under bridges

• Boboes

• Hoboes

• Homeless

What was "Direct Relief"

• Cash payments or food provided by the government to the poor

• Free cars to the poor

• Free houses to the poor

• Foodstaps provided for the poor by the government

Did some public schools close during the great depression?

• TRUE

• FALSE

What did some people use to keep warm in the cold

• Newspaper

• space heaters

• solar panels

• cars