Week 5; Great Depression & New Deal

  • Migrant Mother

    -Her photographs of migrant workers helped draw attention to the desperate conditions in rural america and helped to underscore the need for direct relief
  • 20th Amendment

    -The cause was for lame duck sessions
    -Lame duck session of congress in the united occurs whenever one congress meets after is elected
    -What each amendment did it change where both presidents couldnt be in the same building
  • "Grapes of wrath"

    -Route 66 : main road of exodus for those fleeing from harsh economic and environmental conditions of the dust bowl
    -"Oakies"- they called immigrant workers this. it was a nickname that meant scum
    -They moved to find new means of survival
    -Mild climate allowed for a long growing season in California
    -They found low paying jobs
    -Corporation owned farms