Section 2: Hardship and Suffering During the Depression

1. How did Ann Marie Low describe the “Dust Bowl”?
2. How did the Great Depression affect the lives of ordinary people in cities, towns, and on the farms?
3. How were shantytowns, soup kitchens, and bread lines a response to the Depression?  How successful were they?
4. How were African-Americans affected by the Depression? (See the box Another Perspective)
5. What created the “Dust Bowl” of the mid-1930s?  What were its effects on the people of the Great Plains and West Coast?
6. According to the map titled, “The Dust Bowl,” approximately how many mile of damage, north to south, was caused by the Dust Bowl?
7. Why did so many men leave their homes during the Depression?  Where did they go? What were they called?
8. How did the Great Depression affect women and children?
9. What were the social and psychological effects of the Depression?

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