new deal
TVA stands for
Tennessee Valley Authority
where Tuskegee airmen trained
Tuskegee, Alabama
double V meaning
defeating nazism in Europe, defeating discrimination at home
president when the great depression occurs
Herbert Hoover
first black federal judge
president that implemented the new deal
FDR
year Tuskegee Airmen formed
1941
first black woman in Navy Nurse Corps
Phyllis Mae Daly
three causes of great depression
overproduction, stock market crash, bank runs, speculation, using too much credit
One of the founders of Bethune-Cookman University, in Roosevelt's cabinet
Mary McLeod Bethune
Executive Order 8802
prohibited discrimination when hiring in defense industries
one of the founders of Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
first African American general
Benjamin O. Davis
Hoovervilles
temporary communities of makeshift housing during the great depression
Heavyweight boxer of the world in 1937
Joe Louis
SSA stands for
social security administration
color of the tail of planes flew by Tuskegee Airmen
red
three ways African Americans contributed to the war effort
buying war bonds, working in factories, holding rallies, victory gardens
Jesse Owens helped shatter the idea of the "Aryan race" at the Olympics
1936
famous track & field athlete, won 4 gold medals at the Olympics
Jesse Owens
year Roosevelt is elected president
1932
where Tuskegee Airmen were stationed in Europe
Italy
mess attendant that fired at Japanese planes during that attack at Pearl Harbor
Doris "Dorie" Miller
famous African American poet, lived in Harlem
Langston Hughes
African American baseball player, played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945-47
Jackie Robinson