1. Chapter 22 “Crash and Depression”
Section 3 “Surviving the Great Depression” page

2. Vocabulary
Penny auction
Twenty-First Amendment

3. 1. In what ways did Americans pull together to survive the Great Depression?
2. What signs of change did American begin to notice in the early 1930s?
3. What were penny auctions and how did they help farmers overcome some of the hardships of the Great Depression?
4. Why do you think the 21st amendment was passed during the Great Depression?
5. Why was there an interest among some Americans in radical and reform movements? How did American involvement in these movements occurring in some parts of Europe at the same time?

4. Review-Prepare your Response Cards

5. 1. The Twenty-first Amendment repealed
A) unjust tax laws that had started the Great Depression.
B) bankers' right to foreclose on farms.
C) Prohibition.
D) the right to consume alcohol.

6. C) Prohibition.

7. 2. Penny auctions were used by farmers to
A) display farm equipment.
B) buy pennies to make copper tools.
C) sell property inexpensively to pay off debt.
D) avoid foreclosures on their farms.

8. C) sell property inexpensively to pay off debt.

9. 3. Which of the following became a symbol of hope during the Depression?
A) the Empire State Building
B) Hoovervilles
C) Prohibition
D) the Dust Bowl

10. A) the Empire State Building

11. 4. True/False
Tenant groups formed to protest rent increases and evictions during the Great Depression.

12. True

13. 5. True/False
Voting figures and party membership do reflect the notable interest in radical and reform movements in the 1930s.

14. False