History & World Events
This global economic crisis, starting in 1929, lasted through much of the 1930s.
What is 'The Great Depression'?
This 1942 Disney film follows a wooden boy who wants to become a real child.
What is “Pinocchio”?
This genre of music, popularized by Duke Ellington and Count Basie, dominated the 1930s.
What is 'swing'/ 'big-band'?
This baseball player, nicknamed “The Sultan of Swat,” played most of the 1930s with the New York Yankees.
This invention, widely used in the 1930s, allowed people to listen to news and entertainment in their homes.
What is the radio?
In 1933, this U.S. president introduced the New Deal to help Americans recover from the Depression.
This comedy duo, famous for their slapstick humor, starred in movies like Sons of the Desert.
Who are Laurel and Hardy?
This radio show, which began in the 1930s, starred Orson Welles and caused panic with a fictional alien invasion.
What is “The War of the Worlds”?
This legendary boxer, known as the “Brown Bomber,” dominated heavyweight boxing in the 1930s and ’40s.
Who is Joe Louis?
This new form of visual entertainment became extremely popular in the 1940s.
What is the television?
This 1939 conflict began in Europe?
What is World War II?
This 1941 film starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and included the famous line, “Here’s looking at you, kid.”
What is "Casablanca"?
This 1940s singer was nicknamed the “Queen of Jazz” for her amazing vocal range.
What is Ella Fitzgerald?
The first televised sporting event in the U.S., a baseball game, occurred in this decade.
What is the 1940's?
This 1942 scientific project led to the development of the first nuclear chain reaction.
What is 'The Manhattan Project'?
This 1941 attack on a U.S. naval base led America to enter World War II.
What is 'Pearl Harbor (Invasion)'?
This 1939 film featured the song "If Only I had the Nerve”
What is "The Wizard of Oz"?
This 1940s singer was known as “The Voice” and recorded hits like “Zing a Little Zong”
Who is Bing Crosby?
This 1947 event broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
What is Jackie Robinson joining the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Penicillin became widely available during this decade, revolutionizing medicine.
What is the 1940's?
This 1945 conference in Germany brought together Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to discuss postwar Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference?
This popular 1930s musical film starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing across the screen.
What is any Astaire-Rogers musical (e.g., “Top Hat”)?
This 1940s radio program featured a popular comedy duo whose antics entertained millions of Americans during and after World War II.
What is “The Abbott and Costello Show”?
This series of games were canceled twice during the 1940s due to World War II.
What are the 1940 and 1944 Olympics?
This German scientist helped develop rocket technology that later influenced space programs worldwide.
Who was Wernher von Braun?