Of Mice and Men Plot
FDR & The New Deal
Of Mice and Men Themes and Literary Devices
The Dustbowl & Depression
Early 20th Century Mixed Questions
100
Which character is the most short-tempered and loves to fight?
Curley
100
The president FDR defeated in 1930
Herbert Hoover
100
Give two examples from Of Mice and Men where loneliness is seen
Curley's Wife visiting Lennie in the barn...
Candy losing his dog...
Crooks being alone in his bunkhouse...
100
How many Americans were unemployed at the height of the Depression?
1/4 or 25%
100
What does the 19th Amendment do?
Ban voter discrimination on the basis of sex.
200
_____ gets in a fight with ______ and crushes his hand.
Lennie, Curley
200
The invention of the radio allowed for FDR to communicate to the American people in a new type of presentation. What did he called it?
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Fireside Chats
200
Which theme is represented when Lennie and George want to have their own farm?
The impact of hopes and dreams
200
Name of the homeless encampments on the 1930's
Hoovervilles
200
What occurred on December 7th, 1941, "A date that will live in infamy"?
Pearl Harbor Attack
300
Which character was a wise, receptive character that George felt he could confide in?
Slim
300
America's stated policy towards war in Europe before Pearl Harbor.
Neutrality
300
Which theme is presented when Curley's Wife, Candy, Lennie, and Crooks are all in the bunkhouse together?
The evil of repression
300
Daily Double!
Who were the Okies?
Describe two challenges they faced.
1.Migrants that moved West due to the dustbowl; many came from Oklahoma.
2. Low-wages, discrimination, fierce competition for work
300
Who was the leader of Britian who appeased Adolph Hitler?
Neville Chamberlin
400
What does Lennie dream of?
Being able to tend the rabbits on a farm
400
World War II began when ____________ invaded _________ in 1939.
Germany / Poland
400
What is the literary device connected to Candy losing his dog?
Foreshadowing
400
What were two causes of the Dust Bowl?
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1. Lack of rainfall
2. Over-farming
3. Outdated farming techniques
400
What document was Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the suffrage movement most inspired by?
The Declaration of Independence
500
Which character is old and an example of what happens to lonely men on ranches as we grow older?
Candy
500
Daily Double!
1.: What does the term "Alphabet Soup" refer to?
2.: Name two organizations/Acts from the soup and describe what they did.
A list of New Deal organizations and acts that provided recovery and relief in the Depression
-Civilian Conservation Corps
-Civil Works Administration
-Works Progress Administration
-Agricultural Adjustment Act
-National Recovery Admin.
-National Industrial Recovery Act
-Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
-Tennessee Valley Authority
-Securities & Exchange Co.
500
What broad literary term encompasses similes, metaphor, and personification, in order to paint a picture in the mind of the reader?
Imagery
500
Name of the act that gave the most relief to farmers during the Bowl.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
500
The struggle to adopt the 19th Amendment was mostly organized by two groups. Name one.
The National Women's Party
The National American Women's Suffrage Association