THE GREAT DEPRESSION
During the 1920s the United States experienced an economic boom period, an era that became historically known by this iconic nickname.
What is the "Roaring Twenties"?
During the Great Depression, this REGION of the United States experienced an environmental disaster and came to be known as the Dust Bowl.
What is the Midwest?
During the Great Depression, immigrant groups were seen as unwelcome competition for these TWO increasingly scarce necessities.
What is jobs and housing?
During the Great Depression, this GROUP was considered to be among the most affected and most vulnerable.
Who are the elderly?
In 1933, work began on this large BRIDGE which would connect these TWO major California cities, completed in 1936, it would become the longest bridge in the world.
What is the Bay Bridge, Oakland and San Francisco?
The 1920's was a time in which businesses made huge profits manufacturing and selling all sorts of new products including these TWO extremely popular best sellers.
What are automobiles and radios?
When a prolonged period of THIS hit the region, the soil dried out and was then picked up by strong winds which led to massive and powerful THESE which made farming impossible.
What are drought and dust storms?
Anti-immigrant groups known as THESE became more popular during the Great Depression as immigrants from the Philippines, China, Japan and this NATION were increasingly targeted.
What are Nativists?
What is Mexico?
To better deal with the effects of the Great Depression, several of these types of IDEAS were proposed where this ENTITY would be required to ease the suffering of Americans more than it had ever done before.
What are Radical?
What is the Government?
Construction on this BRIDGE spanning the entrance to this iconic BAY began in 1933, completed in 1937, it is still considered one of the most beautiful bridges in the world and an enduring symbol of this major California CITY.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
What is the San Francisco Bay?
What is San Francisco?
Despite big businesses' record setting profits, most ordinary Americans could not afford to purchase items with cash so they instead relied increasingly on this.
What is buying items on credit plans?
Many ruined farmers decided to pack up all their belongings and head for California where they believed that they would find the following. (Choose two)
What are jobs and a better life for themselves?
As violent incidents known as THESE became increasingly common within immigrant communities, cities passed THESE which promised THIS to any immigrant who decided to return to their home country.
What are riots, laws and cash payments?
One plan to ease starvation and suffering became known as THIS as it was designed to give every unemployed person over this AGE this AMOUNT every Monday to help pay for their weekly groceries.
What was Ham N' Eggs?
What was age 50?
What was $30?
At the start of the Great Depression, business owners began to dramatically lower THIS forcing workers to work more hours to compensate. Some workers were paid as little as this AMOUNT per day after working for this many HOURS.
What are wages?
What is $2
What is 16 hours?
In the October of 1929, the Stock Market suddenly crashed which ultimately led to thousands of THESE having to close, forcing millions of Americans to lose THESE (choose two).
What are banks?
What are businesses and jobs?
Many refugees fleeing the Dust Bowl became so desperate for work that they were forced to either live in THESE or in shacks made from these TWO materials.
What are automobiles?
What are old wood and cloth?
When most immigrants refused to leave on their own, over the next several years the government forced over THIS many number of immigrants of THIS background to return to THIS country.
What is 100,000?
What is Mexican (Latino)?
What is Mexico?
This PLAN was voted on by the people of California during the 1938 election where it narrowly failed to pass despite receiving this many VOTES.
What are Ham N' Eggs?
What are 1.5 million?
To get their demands met, workers often had no other choice but to use this TACTIC. As a result, they were often attacked by this GROUP who commonly used these TWO objects as weapons against them.
What is the strike?
What are police officers?
What are tear gas and fire hoses?
At the height of the Great Depression, this PERCENTAGE of the population was unemployed and as a result hundreds of thousands of families lost THIS most prized possession.
What are 30% and houses?
Many Californians did not welcome the Dust Bowl refugees, believing that they were competition for these THREE necessary items which proved increasingly scarce during the Great Depression.
What are jobs, food and housing?
Many of those who were deported by force were actually citizens of the United States which is considered illegal under what DOCUMENT and was protested against by what FAMOUS entertainer and celebrity?
What is the US Constitution?
Who was Pedro J. Gonzalez?
This plan was named after THIS well-known doctor from Southern California who proposed that every person over this AGE should give up their job and be paid this AMOUNT per month.
Who was Dr. Frances Townsend?
What is age 60?
What is $200
In the summer of 1934, this prolonged EVENT occurred down at this CITY'S docks leading to THIS in which this many people were INJURED and tragically this many people were KILLED.
What is a strike?
What is San Francisco?
What is a riot?
What is 64 injured? 2 killed?