iNFORMATION FOR THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM

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Chapter 19, Page 231 of the authorized text:

1. Page 231: This chapter is a rehash of the push of history.
2. Page 231: The owners of the land are no longer related to the land.
3. Page 231: Owners motivated by profit, not simply to feed the family.
4. Page 232: The cavalcade of history: waves of newcomers
5. Page 232: The new farmers are more like shop keepers.
6. Page 232: The death of family farms is still taking place.
7. Page 232: Corporate farms bring in foreign workers.
8. Page 233: The owners were happy with the status quo; the Okies would destroy this.
9. Page 233: The Okies do not consider themselves foreign invaders.
10 Page 233: Californians consider the Okies to be the new barbarians.
11. Page 234: Owners, shopkeepers, townspeople are nebulous; the Okies are unified.
12. Page 234: A fallow field is a sin.
13. Page 234: Be sure to understand the full implications of the term "Hoovervilles."
14. Page 235: Single-crop farms become the norm. Why?
15. Page 236: Locals versus Okies
16. Page 236: Lombards, Turks, Gaul, Byzantium: The historical sophistication here seems out of place or did students learn a great deal in Californian schools in those days?
17. Page 236: In the above question, was Steinbeck superimposing his own knowledge on the people of California?
18. Page 237: Okie camps burned for health reasons.
19. Page 238: The owners take up arms.
20. Page 238: The owners cause their own destruction. Were they really destroyed?

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