Key Figures
Significant Events
New Deal Programs
Women
Entertainment
100

FDR

Who was the president responsible for taking the U.S out of the depression?

100

The detrimental result of over-plowed lands, high temperatures, and wind erosion.

What was the Dust Bowl?

100

A grant-making agency that provided federal aid.

What was the Federal Emergency Relief Fund?

100

Eleanor Roosevelt

Who was the wife of FDR?

100

Musical genre introduced at this time.

What is Swing Music?

200

Herbert Hoover

Which president only fueled the Great Depression?

200

The controversial addition of 6 supreme court justices.

What was the Court-Packing Scandal?

200

A short-lived job creation program.

What was the civil works administration?

200

Black woman who heavily influenced the jazz genre during this time.

Who was Billie Holiday?

200

Significant male actor that rose to fame during this time.

Who was Frank Capra?

300

Teddy Roosevelt

Who was FDR's 5th cousin?

300

Brought together southern whites, northern blue-collar workers, poor Midwestern farmers, & African Americans whilst also changing voting patterns.

What was the New Deal Coalition?

300

Restored tribal control over Native lands

What was the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934?

300

Frances Perkins

Who was the first female cabinet member/secretary of labor?

300

A classic movie filmed at this time. 

(5 different answers)

What is 'The Wizard of Oz', 'Frankenstein', 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', 'Top Hat', or 'Gone with the Wind'? 

400

Robert Weaver

Who was the first African American Cabinet Member?

400

The year in which The New Deal had finally run its course.

What was 1939?

400

Eliminated competition within various industries and introduced fair labor practices.

What was the National Recovery Administration?

400

Mary McLeod Bethune

Who managed the National Youth Administration?

400

Biggest male vocalist during the Great Depression.

Who was Bing Crosby?

500

John Collier

Who was the Commissioner of Indian Affairs?

500

The age at which FDR contracted Polio.

What is 39?

500

The WPA and the PWA.

What two programs employed women at the time?

500

A significant Playwright during the Great Depression.

Who was Lillian Hellman?

500

The singer of "It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing"

Who was Duke Ellington?

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