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The cartoon below appeared in the August 1932 issue of Labor Age. It refers to
the confrontation between army troops called out by President Hoover and the
“bonus marchers” encamped in Washington, D.C. Study the cartoon carefully
before answering the questions that follow. Write your answers on the back of
this paper or on a separate sheet of paper.
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1. How does the cartoonist view the confrontation?
2. What symbols does the cartoonist use to convey this point of view?
3. If you were President Hoover, how would you have responded to this
cartoon? Explain.
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Chapter 22 Visual Learning
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Hard Times for Farmers
During the Depression, Dorothea Lange and Paul Schuster Taylor documented the
plight of displaced farm workers in a government report entitled American Exodus:
A Record of Human Erosion. Below are shown a photograph and the inside cover
from the report. The brief quotes on the cover, like the quote from the woman
pictured, were selected from interviews with farm workers during the 1930s.
If I could get me a piece of land I’d go to diggin’it
with my hands * Lots of things are goin’ on now
that didn ‘t useter do * I come from Texas and
don ‘t owe or own a thin dime back there * He’s
always been a farmer and he can ‘t get a farm *
That drought put the fixins to us * Here’s what I
think on it—the tractor’s as strong against us as the
drought * We made a dollar workin’ from dawn
till you just can’t see * The money men got that
country—they run it, what I mean * Them men
that’s doin’ the talkin’ for the country is the big
landowners * They don’t stop to shut the door—
theyjust walk out * He claims tractors is right
smart cheaper * They take the reduction money
and kick us off and buy farmalls * We can work
this land as good as anybody. We was raised on it
* All we got to start with is a family of kids * I
heered tell of this here irrigation, plenty of water
and plenty to eat * Seems like people here is crazy
about California—they go in droves * He’s got the
Oregon itch * Son to father: “You didn’t know the
world was so wide. “Father to son: “No, but I knew
what I was goin’ to have for breakfast” * This is a
hard life to swallow but Ijust couldn’t sit back there
and look to someone to feed us * Livin’ a bum’s
life soon makes a bum out ofyou. You get started
and you can’t stop * A human being has a right to
stand like a tree has a right to stand
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“The country’s in an uproar now—it’s in bad
shape. The people’s all leaving the farm. You can’t
get anything for your work, and everything you
buy costs high. Do you reckon I’d be out on the
highway if I had it good at home?”
Courtesy of the Dorothea Lange Collection, The Oakland Museum. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
QUESTIONS To Discuss
1. How does the woman in the photograph describe her problems?
The nation’s problems?
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2. Based on the short quotes included here, how did farm workers view their
plight during the 1930s?
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3. Why do you think the federal report is subtitled A Record ofHuman Erosion?
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Chapter 22 Survey Edition
Chapter 12 Modern American History Edition
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Section 1
Political Cartoon
This Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoon by John T McCutcheon was published in the
Chicago Tribune in 1931. Study the cartoon to find out who the “wise economist” is.
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A WISE ECONOMIST ASKS A QUESTION
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Activity Options
1. How do you think the Great Depression changed
people’s lives? Write a diary entry from the point
of view of the man in this cartoon. Share your
entry with classmates.
2. Draw an original cartoon to illustrate the impact
of financial collapse following the stock market
crash. Use the characters in this cartoon or
invent your own. Display your cartoon in class.
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