Consequences of the Great Depression (SSUSH17bc)

Multiple Choice

Which conclusion can be drawn about the relationship between human actions and the Dust Bowl disaster?

• Farming methods had no effect on the severity of dust storms

• The drought would have caused the same damage regardless of farming techniques

• Farmers intentionally removed all vegetation to increase crop prices

• Human practices and natural drought combined to worsen the disaster

Multiple Choice

Use this photograph from the early twentieth century to answer the following: What was the social and political impact of the increasing number of these living conditions?

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt was forced to embrace the living conditions.

• The Republicans were able to retain control of Congress and the White House.

• President Hoover, after whom the living conditions were named, lost his bid for reelection.

• The Democrats lost control of Congress and failed to reclaim the White House.