22. DEPRESSION, DISSENT, AND THE NEW DEAL, 1929

Quiz for Comparative Analysis Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt

Quiz for Comparative Analysis: Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. What is the significance of Mildred Isbell’s age in her letter to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt?

She was too old to still be in school.

She was left by her father before the Depression.

She is forced to be mature beyond her years.

She is simply a teenager looking for attention.

2. Why does Mildred emphasize to Mrs. Roosevelt that they are not “on the relief”?

Sarcasm

Anger

Pity

Pride

3. How is Isbell indicative of many Americans during the Great Depression?

Desperation pushed her to seek assistance for the first time.

She is opposed to the Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.

She is able to meet all the needs of her farm without help.

She was not affected by the Depression but still wants help.

4. What is Minni Hardin’s primary complaint to Eleanor Roosevelt?

New Deal taxes

Great Depression unemployment

Slum housing projects

Lazy relief recipients

5. What was Hardin’s motivation in writing to Roosevelt?

To criticize all her neighbors

To reveal the real effects of the New Deal

To complain about high taxes

To provide a better solution to poverty

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