Dust Bowl & Migration
Many families from Oklahoma migrated west during the Dust Bowl and became known by this name.
Who were the Okies? (Oklahoma farmers and their families)
This president believed the federal government should take action during an economic crisis.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This president supported rugged individualism and limited government intervention.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
This U.S. policy allowed aid to Allies without direct military involvement.
What is Lend-Lease?
This program limited consumer goods to support the war effort.
What is rationing?
This geographic region was most affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
What is the Great Plains?
These programs were designed to relieve unemployment during the Great Depression.
What were New Deal programs?
Hoover believed people should rely on themselves rather than the federal government.
What is rugged individualism?
Cash and Carry and Destroyers for Bases were designed to help this group.
Who were the Allies?
Rationing primarily aimed to control this economic problem.
What is inflation?
Wheat fields turned into “rippling oceans of dust” because of drought and poor farming practices.
What was the Dust Bowl?
Roosevelt believed government should expand to meet the needs of struggling Americans.
What is government intervention?
Many Americans believed Hoover was unwilling to help struggling citizens.
What is public perception of Hoover?
This event directly led the U.S. into World War II.
What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Citizens were encouraged to save tin cans and fats to help produce this.
What are munitions?
Many families loaded their belongings and left their homes hoping for work in this region.
What is the West Coast?
This time period set a model for fast presidential action during a crisis.
What were the First Hundred Days?
Roosevelt believed the forces of selfishness and greed should be challenged by government.
What is the New Deal philosophy?
FDR’s speech beginning “a date which will live in infamy” referred to this attack.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This wartime poster shows women entering industrial jobs.
What is women working in defense industries?
This economic disaster caused mass migration, unemployment, and environmental devastation.
What was the Great Depression?
Roosevelt’s and Hoover’s responses reflect their different views on this concept.
What is government power?
This conclusion is best supported by the documents comparing Hoover and FDR.
What is that their responses reflect different beliefs about government power?
These policies allowed the U.S. to support the war effort while remaining officially neutral.
What is aid without involvement?
The government encouraged women to fill jobs left by men serving in the military.
What is women’s workforce mobilization?