People
Vocabulary
Alphabet Agencies
Culture
Causes & Effects
100
He was the President of the United States during most of the Great Depression and during WW2.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
Rights guaranteed in the Constitution, especially voting and equal treatment under the law.
What are Civil Rights?
100
The______ provided financial assistance for the people who needed it (elderly, disabled, unemployed).
What is the social security act?
100
What was the name of the popular trio that was featured in a lot of films during the 1930's?
Who are the 3 Stooges?
100
The day that the stock market crashed is known as:
What is Black Tuesday? (October 29, 1929)
200
He was President when the Great Depression began and many blamed him for America's problems.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
200
Roosevelt gave these talks over the radio from time to time.
What are fireside chats?
200
This alphabet agency made sure that your money was safe in the bank.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation).
200
This aircraft tragically caught on fire in 1937 in New Jersey.
What is the Hindenburg? 97 travelers were on board and 62 survived, 37 died.
200
A major cause of the Depression was that supply of goods became much greater than the demand...another word for this is _______.
What is overproduction?
300
The First Lady who was famous for her traveling and speaking about women's rights.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
300
When you retire, you often receive these types of payments.
What are pensions?
300
People were hired to work in national parks under this alphabet agency.
What is the CCC? (Civilian Conservation Corps)
300
The most famous film genres during the 1930's.
What are Gangster movies and Comedies.
300
When a company can no longer pay its debts.
What is bankruptcy?
400
An educator and friend of Eleanor Roosevelt's who became a top ranking African American in the government.
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?
400
People who moved somewhere else in order to find a job.
What are migrant workers?
400
This organization fixed bridges, roads, and public facilities.
What is the PWA? (Public Works Administration) OR the WPA? (Works Progress Administration
400
This child actress became a star and symbolized optimism during the 1930's.
Who was Shirley Temple?
400
Name 3 effects that Americans dealt with because of the Great Depression.
What are homelessness, poverty, poor health, unemployment.
500
The author of the Grapes of Wrath.
Who was John Steinbeck?
500
The right of a union to negotiate wages and benefits for all of its members.
What is collective bargaining?
500
The TVA was responsible for building giant dams along a major river. What do the letters TVA stand for?
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
500
This musician traveled around writing songs and sharing stories about the hardships of people.
Who was Woody Guthrie?
500
People bought stocks with borrowed money in hopes of making a profit. Another term for this is:
What is buying on margin?
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