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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. In what year did the Department of Agriculture began the construction of farm-labor camps for the Okies?

2. In 1935, the federal government formed what service to coordinate relief activities in the Dust Bowl?

3. The starvation diets and unsanitary conditions of the Okie communities led to disease including tuberculosis, pneumonia and what?

4. In 1936, the author writes that it had not rained more than a few drops in the Panhandle in how many years?

5. In what California towns were farmhands needed to harvest potatoes according to rumors after the Okies arrived?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the Oklahoma Panhandle look like by 1936? What change took place at that time?

3. What was the Mother Road? What dangers did it hold?

4. How did the dust get into the houses of the farmers of the Dust Bowl? How did people protect themselves?

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

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

7. What costs did the Californians believe the Okies were driving up? What discrimination did the Okies face in the west?

8. How did the arrival of the Okies relate to immigration issues faced by Americans today?

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

10. What diseases did the Okies suffer from in California? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the effects of the Great Depression on the farmers of the Oklahoma Panhandle. What impact did banking and stocks have on the farmers?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the lives of the Okies in the Okievilles versus their situation in the Weedpatch and other federally funded camps. How much did it cost a family to stay at a migrant camp? What was life on the camp like?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Okies' crossing of the Black Mountains and the Mojave Desert. What dangers did the Okies face crossing these regions?

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