The Grapes of Wrath Flashcards

One of the primary reasons people are leaving their farms is this one:A. It’s winterB. Too little rainC. GrasshoppersD. Too much rain B. Too little rain How many years was Tom in jail?A. NoneB. OneC. FourD. TenE. Twelve C. Four…

Black Tuesday This is the name given to October 29, 1929. This date signaled a selling frenzy on Wall Street–days before stock prices had plunged to desperate levels. Investors were willing to sell their shares for pennies on the dollar…

What does Steinbeck describe in Chapter 1? Natural elements which destroy farmer crops, and the reaction of the people to the disaster and economic hardships that result Where was Tom Joad coming from and where was he going to when…

FDR and the New Deal The new laws and proposed by FDR and passed by Congress during Roosevelt’s administration. The term New Deal was coined during Franklin Roosevelt’s 1932 Democratic presidential nomination acceptance speech. The New Deal programs were born…

Which best states the intention of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath? to describe a family’s difficulties during westward migration What did struggling businesses do to try to remain open during the Great Depression? They laid off workers Who…

“The little farmers watched debt creep up on them like the tide. They sprayed the trees and sold no crop, they pruned and grafted and could not pick the crop.”Which statement best describes the syntax of this passage? The author…

Chapters 1-4What does Steinbeck describe in Chapter 1? Steinbeck describes the “Dust Bowl”. He also describes how the land a was dry and what the landscape looked like. Chapters 1-4Where was Tom Joad coming from and where was he going…

Who is Tom Joad? -novel’s protagonist-good-natured and thoughtful and makes do with what life hands him-despite killing a man and separated from his family for four years he does not waste time on regrets-lives fully in the present -great source…

what does Steinbeck describe in chapter 1 planned a trip around the highways of the U.S. from Oklahoma to California. It starts with a family huddled around in there home and considering the options Where was Tom Joed coming from…

Where was Steinbeck born? Salinas, CA Dates of Steinbeck 1902-1968 When did he win Pulitzer Prize and for what book? 1940-Grapes of Wrath When was Grapes of Wrath written? 1939 When was the Great Depression? 1929-1939 Who was Herbert Hoover?…