22. Document Project 22: The Depression in Rural America

Quiz for Document 22.7 Sharecropping Family in Washington County, Arkansas, 1935

Quiz for Document 22.7: Sharecropping Family in Washington County, Arkansas, 1935

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why do you think the Roosevelt administration created the Resettlement Administration during the Great Depression?

To have a historical record of the 1930s describing the lifestyle of sharecroppers and migrant farmworkers

To have a database of all sharecroppers and migrant farmworkers identifying nationality, address, and size of family

To collect data to best serve the needs of the migrant workers and restore the Great Plains to economic health

To keep tabs on the rising and declining prices of agricultural goods nationwide

2. Why might the girls all have short hair instead of traditionally feminine long hair?

They were flappers on the weekends.

It was easier to keep clean of dust.

It was more masculine for farmwork.

It was trendy and fashionable for the era.

3. Which of the following might an observer assume about the children and their home based on the image?

Their home was large, airy, and new.

They likely had many luxuries inside the home.

Their clothes were new and fashionable.

The girls wore hand-me-downs and had few luxuries.

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