Great Depression
People
American Culture
Homefront
World War II
100
October 24, 1929
What is the stock market crash that marks the beginning of the Great Depression?
100
First Lady who was a symbol of social progress and women's activism
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
100
From 1920-1930's, a period of accomplishments in art, music, poetry, theater and prose by African-Americans.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
100
Japanese Relocation Order
What is the order that established internment camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II?
100
Lend-Lease Act
What is the program desgined to assist the allies before the US entered the war by "lending" military arms and supplies?
200
Hoovervilles
What is the name of shantytowns named after President Herbert Hoover?
200
President in 1933 who said ".....the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
200
A type of music named for an area of New York City featuring storng piano sounds and inspiring new dances such as the Charleston
What is Tin Pan Alley?
200
WACS & WAVES
What are US Armed Forces for women in World War II? (Women's Army Corps & Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services)
200
December 7, 1941
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor? (As a result, the US will declare war on Japan & Germany)
300
Dust Bowl
What is the name for the drought & poverty in the prairie regions of the mid-west?
300
Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II
Who is Winston Churchill?
300
Celebrated poet and author of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
300
Ration books
What are government-issued ration coupons for consumer goods during the war?
300
The secret US program to develop the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
400
New Deal
What is the name of President Franklin Roosevelt's many programs to restore the economy during the Depression?
400
President who authorized the use of atomic bombs to end the war in the Pacific?
Who is President Harry Truman?
400
Movement of African-Americans from the rural south to the urban north for economic and social progress
What is the Great Migration?
400
War Bonds
What were US-issued savings bonds to help fund the war that people were encouraged to buy?
400
Operation Overlord
What is the D-Day invasion in 1944? (Allied troops cross the English Channel and invade France)
500
TVA
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major relief program of the New Deal designed to bring electricity and jobs to the Appalachian region?
500
Senator from Louisiana who opposed most of Roosevelt's programs to lift the country out of the Depression.
Who is Huey Long?
500
Media used by President Roosevelt for "Fireside Chats" as well as popularizing new American music such as jazz
What is the radio?
500
A. Philip Randolph
Who was the civil rights leader whose threat of a March on Washington led Roosevelt to sign an order to ban discrimination in hiring for defense jobs?
500
Turning point naval battle in the Pacific
What is the Battle of Midway?
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