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WorksheetsOf Mice and Men Background
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 16mins
When did the Great Depression begin?
December 1930
October 1929
October 1930
December 1929
How many farms were lost to bankruptcy and distressed sales?
1,000,000
One Million
750,000
Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousad
500,000
Five Hundred Thousand
250,000
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
What was the empoyment rate during the Great Depression?
15.3 %
21.7 %
24.9%
31.2%
Which of the following caused the Dust Bowl? Pick two.
Drought
(lack of rain)
Tornadoes
Over-farming
Disease
What was the name given to some of the more severe dust storms that occured in Texas?
Dust Devil
Warped Wind
Black Blizzard
Great Gust
What did they call the worst of the Black Blizzards that happend in April of 1935?
Day of Dust
Black Sunday
Hell on Earth
The Great Blizzard
What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do to help to counteract what happened during the Dust Bowl in Texas?
Helped create 50,000 (fifty thousand) new farms
Planted 200,000,000 (two hundred million) Trees
Gave money to the farmers
Where did most migrant workers migrate to in the 1930s, during the Great Depression?
Utah
Nevada
California
Oregon
Unfortunately, what was the outcome of so many workers coming to California? Click whichever apply.
Wages went down
There was overcrowding
There were poor sanitary conditions
There were long working hours
What was the American Dream during the 1930s?
Having a college degree and well-paying job
Being married and having two children and a three-bedroom house
Having a car
Having the ability to travel the world
Who were John Steinbeck's novels (including Of Mice and Men) mostly about?
The working class
The rich
The highly educated
The middle class
What do you think will happen in our novel, Of Mice and Men?
