1. Effects on the American Family

2. During the Depression, Americans
emphasized the importance of…
M
oney
H
om
e
ow
nership
Fam
ilyEm
ploym
ent
M
orality
0%
4% 4%
8%
83%
1. Money
2. Home ownership
3. Family
4. Employment
5. Morality
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3. What did some men do in response
to the high unemployment
80%
0%
20%
0% 1. Joined radical groups
2. Joined the Military
3. Committed crimes
4. Abandoned their families
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4. What are cash payments or food provided by the
government to the poor called?
74%
0%
9%
13% 0%4%
Direct Relief Social Security WIC
Food Stamps FDIC Federal Relief
1. Direct Relief
2. Social Security
3. WIC
4. Food Stamps
5. FDIC
6. Federal Relief
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5. Why were women targets of
resentment during the depression?
15%
85%
0%
0% 1. The refused to have children
2. They did not count toward direct relief
3. Some thought that women shouldn’t
work when men were unemployed.
4. Many people believed that women
should stay home with the family
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6. Who were too ashamed to reveal their personal
hardships during the depression?
33%
57%
0%0%10%
Men Women
Children African Americans
Hobos
1. Men
2. Women
3. Children
4. African Americans
5. Hobos
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7. Besides lack of money, why were there a rise in
serious health problems during the depression?
Shanty
Tow
n
C
ondit...
PoorW
atertreatm
ent
PoorD
ietsLack
ofSchools
30%
0%
61%
9%
1. Shanty Town
Conditions
2. Poor Water
treatment
3. Poor Diets
4. Lack of Schools
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8. 2600 of these shut down as a result
of the Depression
4%0% 13%
79%
0%4%
Prisons Police Stations Hospitals
Schools Subways Taco Bells
1. Prisons
2. Police Stations
3. Hospitals
4. Schools
5. Subways
6. Taco Bells
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9. How much did the suicide rate rise
between 1928 and 1932?
0%4%
91%
0%0%4%
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 110%
1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 30%
4. 40%
5. 50%
6. 110%
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10. What was the primary focus of life for many people
that lived through the depression?
A
chieving
Financial...
G
etting
a
good
Job
N
everriding
the
Rail...
G
oing
to
College
H
aving
a
fam
ily
63%
33%
0%0%
4%
1. Achieving
Financial Security
2. Getting a good
Job
3. Never riding the
Railroad again
4. Going to College
5. Having a family
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11. How many of my cat eventually
died or disappeared?
7
9
13
17
21
St.John
8%
17%
13%
8%
0%
54%
1. 7
2. 9
3. 13
4. 17
5. 21
6. St. John
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12. Participant Scores
800 Charles Battles
800 Alex Novak
800 Gavin Morgan
800 Greg Brown
700 Mitch Oshaben