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Communist Party
The Great Depression
Migrant Mother
Strikes of 1933
Farmers
100
What is the name of the character at the beginning of the novel who interviews Jim and reviews his application to join the Party?
Harry Nilson
100
What is the stock market crash of Oct. 29, 1929 commonly called?
Black Tuesday
100
Who took the photography titled migrant mother?
Dorothea Lange
100
What percentage of workers were Mexican in the central valley fruit strikes?
approximately 75%
100
The market for the agriculture pricing when the Great Depression occurred says that prices plummeted. Why was this?
The output production of the products was in such excess during WWI that when the war ended this excess created a surplus.
200
Did the Communist Party support rights of women and minorities?
Yes
200
What was a major cause of the Dust Bowl?
Drought and crop failure
200
Why was Florence Owens Thompson's husband not present in the photo?
He died 5 years earlier.
200
What was the name of the party district organizer? (Mac played this role in Steinbecks' book)
Pat Chambers
200
There were both market and environmental factors that made American farmers suffer. What was the Environmental Factor?
The Drought during 1932 and 1935
300
Which well-known Communist's book did Jim read while he was in jail?
Karl Marx
300
Name 3 states affected by the Dust Bowl
1. Arkansas 2. Oklahoma 3. Texas 4. Colorado
300
How did Steinbeck depict infants and children too young to work?
He never mentioned this aspect of migrant life.
300
What year did the fruit and cotton strikes happen in California?
1933
300
Mac explains the situation to Jim, "Now these few guys that own most of the Torgas Valley waited until most of the crop tramps were already there. They spent most of their money getting there, of course. They always do. And then the owners announced their price cut." What is Mac explaining?
The greed of the farmers only creates a minor growth in profits, but this forces the migrant worker to only work month to month with low pay.
400
What percentage of the market value was lost during the stock market crash?
40%
400
What happened that prevented the Nipomo pea-pickers from earning wages?
Freezing Rain destroyed the crop
400
What are the names of the two strikes that influenced Steinbeck when writing "in Dubious Battle"?
1) Tagus Ranch Peach strike in Tulare county 2) Pixley Cotton strike in the central valley
400
Name 2 characters that were not part of the “Party”, but attempted to strike to protect basic human rights and dignity that had nothing to do with political affiliation.
London, Dakin, and Burke
500
What metaphor does Mac use repeatedly at the end of the book to describe the mob?
Animal
500
What happens during a bank run?
People rush to withdrawal their funds, causing banks to go bankrupt.
500
What did Steinbeck think of Communists
He disliked them as people
500
Name 3 of the 4 demands of the strikers at the Tagus ranch strike.
1) 15 to 35 cent wage increase 2) 8 hour days 3) End of labor contract system 4) Union Recognition and unbiased hiring
500
What is the organization that the farmers are said to unionize/strike against?
Bankers