Answer Key
Stocks – Comprehension Check
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- In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck described [the hard lives of farmers looking for work]
- During the Great Depression, if you “rode the rails“, it meant [you hopped on a train which was not for passengers]
- “Oakies“ were [farmers who were going west to find work]
- Farmers were [hard hit too]
- A DEROGATORY name is [offensive]
- Hoovervilles were [towns where unemployed people looking for work lived]
- The Great Depression came [after 10 years of very good business results]
- Overgrazing means [using land beyond its capacity to feed animals]
- The Stock Market crash [was followed by massive withdrawals from banks]
- Consumers began to CURB their spendings means [they reduced how much they spent]
