Name _______________________Chapter 14 Documents

1. What does the cartoonist suggest will happen to individuals because of the crash? How does the cartoonist convey the sense of fear and shock? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What measure on the graphs seems to indicate an improvement in the U.S. economy during the Depression? What might explain this? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. According to David Kennedy, what was one economic effect of the Depression on women? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What are the song lyrics above referring to? _________________________________________________________

5. How does it appear the man saved his money? _______________________________________________________

6. What factor contributed most to the situation shown in this cartoon? _____________________________________

7. Going from east to west on Route 66, what states did Dust Bowl migrants pass through?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. In which region did most of the damages from the Dust Bowl occur? ____________________________________

9. What would best complete the diagram? __________________________________________________________

10. According to this document, what was General Douglas MacArthur ordered to by President Hoover’s Secretary of War in response to the march of the Bonus Army? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. Which groups suffered from health problems as a result of the Great Depression? _________________________

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12. What word would best complete the chart? ________________________________________________

13. Why did the public become more interested in the stock market in the 1920s? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. What concept is described in this document? _______________________________________________________

15. What was the main reason for the emergence of “Hoovervilles” like the one shown above in the photograph? _______________________________________________________________________________________________