Ch. 7 Study Game

Which two events events caused many people to lose their jobs and to have to struggle to stay alive?

• Great Depression

• Stock Market doing good

• Dust Bowl

• record rainfall

Answer explanation

The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl caused many people to lose their jobs and struggle to stay alive.

How did the Dust Bowl affect workers and farmers in Washington State?

• Columbia Plateau got lots of rain

• farmers harvested their normal amount of crops

• people moved to Eastern WA from the Great Plains

Answer explanation

The Dust Bowl caused people to move to Eastern WA from the Great Plains due to the harsh conditions, impacting workers and farmers in Washington State.

How did America's involvement in WW2 help to end the Great Depression?

• Different companies were given money to build airplanes and boats for the war

• Farmers were told to stop planting food so people would buy crops form Europe

• America never did enter the war

Answer explanation

It showed how the Great Depression stopped all projects

Why were Hoovervilles seen in Seattle and Tacoma?

• People lost their homes because of having no money

• People lived there to be close to their jobs

• None of the above

Answer explanation

Hoovervilles were seen in Seattle and Tacoma because people lost their homes due to having no money, which led them to live in makeshift settlements.

How did New Deal Programs like the CCC, WPA, and CWA help the unemployed and the American public? (choose two)

• it helped the community

• it gave people jobs

• it gave immigrants jobs

Answer explanation

New Deal Programs like the CCC, WPA, and CWA helped the unemployed and the American public by providing jobs and benefiting the community.

How did the Grand Coulee Dam help people?

• water was used to irrigate farms

• it gave electricity to people in Tacoma only

• fish were easier to catch

Answer explanation

The Grand Coulee Dam helped people by providing water for irrigation of farms, increasing agricultural productivity.

How did the Indian Reorganization Act help Native Americans in Washington State?

• Allowed local cities to have more control over tribes

• It gave tribes more money to buy back their land

• Gave state government more money

Answer explanation

The Indian Reorganization Act helped Native Americans in Washington State by giving tribes more money to buy back their land.

Why was Gordon Hirabayashi’s put in jail for 90 days?

• He did not follow the relocation orders

• he did not follow the bracero orders

• He was a spy

What was the bracero program?

• helped to create plutonium for nuclear bombs

• made all Japanese men go to camps

• An agreement between Mexico and the USA to allow men from Mexico to work in the USA

Answer explanation

The bracero program was an agreement between Mexico and the USA to allow men from Mexico to work in the USA.

A broken ___________ showed how the Great Depression stopped many projects.