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History
8th Grade
05/22/2012

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Term
Dust Bowl –
Definition
dust storms destroyed farms over 150,000 square miles
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Okies –
Definition
people who left Oklahoma to find work in California during Dust Bowl
Term
Movies and radio –
Definition
people escaped their tough lives by going to movies and listening to radio
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WPA –
Definition
Works Progress Administration helped writers find jobs
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The Grapes of Wrath
Definition
– book written by John Steinbeck about Okies working in California fields
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Gone with the Wind –
Definition
movie in 1939 about the Civil War; won many academy awards
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The Wizard of Oz –
Definition
movie in 1939 gave people something to see and escape the Depression
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Eleanor Roosevelt –
Definition
wife of Franklin Roosevelt
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AFL and CIO –
Definition
two unions for skilled and unskilled workers
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Sit down strike –
Definition
people stop working but stay on the property in order to stop production
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Liberals –
Definition
people who favor government action to bring about reform
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Conservatives –
Definition
people who favor less government control and more personal freedom
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