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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The cost of a family to stay at the Weedpatch Camp was how much per week?
(a) $2.
(b) $1.
(c) $5.
(d) $3.
2. From 1930 through 1940, the number of dust bowl farmers declined by how many?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 300,000.
3. Californians claimed that the Okies were taking what from them during their influx?
(a) Regulations.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Homes.
(d) Money.
4. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?
(a) "Westward Ho."
(b) "Okie Song."
(c) "Cally-Ho."
(d) "Sunny Cal."
5. What was Route 66 referred to by the Okies?
(a) Coyote Road.
(b) Mother Road.
(c) Bear Road.
(d) Devil Road.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945?
2. The excess of farm workers arriving in California in the 1930s was good for the farmers because it did what?
3. The Tehachapi Mountains lead directly into what valley in California?
4. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?
5. What is the County Seat of Texas County and largest city in the Oklahoma Panhandle?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the arrival of the Okies relate to immigration issues faced by Americans today?
2. Where did the Okie families camp on their journey west? What food did they eat?
3. What was the Mother Road? What dangers did it hold?
4. Who suffered the most from prejudice among the Okies? Why?
5. How did the Okies travel west? What was their principle means of transportation?
6. What did the Okies believe about California? How did they envision it there?
7. How did the region of the Dust Bowl change from 1930 to 1940? What hardships did farmers face?
8. What signs did the Okies begin discovering after their arrival in California?
9. What physical dangers existed due to the dust storms in the Dust Bowl? What sickness arose?
10. What made things worse for the Okie farmers in 1931?
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