• What factors led to overproduction in the United States?
• What were the effects of overproduction?
• Why do you think Hoover focused on addressing these issues early in his presidency?
• What form did the protectionism take? When was it enacted and by whom?
• What were the effects of the action in the short term and the long term?
• What was the Agricultural Marketing Act, and why was it signed into law?
• What are the three reasons for the depression and high unemployment that followed the stock market crash in 1929?
• How was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act an example of protectionism?
• What are Herbert Hoover's views of the government response during World War I? Why does he believe such actions are inappropriate during times of peace?
• According to Hoover, what is the result of the American system [of individualism]?
• How do the beliefs outlined in this speech predict Hoover's general approach to the Great Depression?
• What impact did the Bonus Army and other protests have on American morale?
• How did such demonstrations hurt Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election?
• How did unemployed workers and farmers respond to the deepening depression? What was the effect of their responses?
• What relief efforts were made to help impoverished Americans? What effect did these efforts have on those in need?
• How did the Great Depression impact African Americans relative to their white counterparts?
• Who were the Scottsboro Boys? How did their experience reflect the African American experience during the Great Depression?
• What role did popular entertainment play in daily life during the Great Depression?
• How were black blizzards worse than typical dust storms?
• What was “Black Sunday,” and why was it significant?
• Why did thousands of families make their way to California?
• Why did so many people choose to relocate to California rather than to other states?
• Approximately how many Okies came from Oklahoma?
• What factors contributed to derogatory language, discrimination, and negative stereotyping as the Okie population in California grew?
• Which groups worked as migrant workers before the arrival of the Okies?
• What was the Arvin Migratory Labor Camp? Why was it significant?