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What was the most popular music in the great depression?
What is jazz?
Washington workers did this activity as they demanded better work conditions during the Depression.
What is strikes?
During the Depression, many NW residents participated in these "hobo" migrations to find work.
What are transients or migrant workers?
This bridge built in the great depression collapsed.
What is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?
Enough concrete was use that you could build a sidewalk that rapped ___ times around the earth.
What is three times?
This Seattle-based radio station became famous for broadcasting news and entertainment during the Great Depression.
What is KOMO news?
How did people in Washington in the great depression get their food?
What is homegrown and foraged food?
This New Deal program helped provide jobs by planting trees and creating parks in Washington.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
The Grand Coulee Dam is the ___ largest dam in the world
What is the 6th?
This event, involving the forced eviction of unemployed workers from a government building, occurred in Washington State.
What is the 1932 Seattle General Strike?
People would often do this to bring moral back up in the great depression.
What is social gatherings and dancing?
How many people died every day BECAUSE of the historic great depression in Washington? hint: less than 100
What is 10-12 people?
This Washington-based labor union grew significantly during the 1930s, advocating for workers' rights.
What is the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)?
The WPA, a New Deal agency, built many public structures in Washington, including what famous bridge.
What is the Lake Washington Floating Bridge?
The Dust Bowl affected the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s, causing this environmental and economic crisis.
What is soil erosion and agricultural collapse?
This game was the most popular during the great depression.
What is Monopoly?
Many families in Washington relied on this government program to provide free or reduced school meals during the Depression.
What is the National School Lunch Program?
The economic hardships of the 1930s led to increased migration of families from Washington to this region in search of work.
What is California?
This Washington city was a hub for New Deal art projects, creating murals and public artworks.
What is Spokane?
This act, passed in 1933, aimed to stabilize banking and restore confidence during the Great Depression.
What is the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall Act)?
___ was the cost of a movie ticket in the great depression.
What is $0.25 cents?
During the Great Depression, many NW residents relied on these local food sources to survive.
What are community gardens?
The New Deal program that helped farmers in Washington and the NW by providing loans and technical assistance.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
This iconic Seattle landmark was constructed during the New Deal era to provide jobs.
What is the University of Washington campus expansion?
The economic struggles of the Great Depression led to the rise of this political movement in Washington advocating for social reforms.
What is Progressivism or Socialism?