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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Okie squatter diet consisted largely of boiled cabbage and what?

2. What town did the Okies first cross through in California?

3. Where did Rosalene Long's family get caught in a flood as they headed west?

4. What was the first Texas town recalled by the Okies on their trek west?

5. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?

Short Essay Questions

1. What signs did the Okies begin discovering after their arrival in California?

2. What stereotypes were the Okies identified by? What happened to Okies who tried to defend themselves?

3. When did the great migration west begin? Who traveled this route?

4. Where did the Okies form communities after arriving in California? What did they eat there?

5. What did the Federal Government do to help the Okies? When?

6. How were the Okies living in the federal camps treated by the community? Why?

7. What made things worse for the Okie farmers in 1931?

8. How did the Okies make money while they were traveling west?

9. How did the region of the Dust Bowl change from 1930 to 1940? What hardships did farmers face?

10. Who suffered the most from prejudice among the Okies? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Leo Hart's establishment of the Weedpatch School. What legal matters did Hart have to attend in order to make Weedpatch a possibility? Who did he turn to for help?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the federal programs installed during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency in hopes of reestablishing the economy after the Great Depression. What programs were instilled to assist the migrant Okie population?

Essay Topic 3

What does Jerry Stanley mean by "dry farmers" when he describes the farmers of the Oklahoma Panhandle? How did the farmers survive?

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