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100

Who was the 31st President of the United States during the Great Depression?  

 Who is Herbert Hoover?

100
  • What movement in the 1920s celebrated African American culture and arts?
     

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

100

What New Deal program provided electricity to rural areas in the Tennessee Valley?  


What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

100

What severe economic downturn began in 1929?  


What is the Great Depression?

100

What is it called when people want the right to vote?

What is suffrage?

200

Who is known for implementing the New Deal to help the country recover from the Great Depression?  

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?

200

What is it called when a company lends money to someone buying somthing and the buyer pays the lender back over time?

What is credit?

200

What was a new invention many people purchased in the 1920s?

What is a radio?

200

What natural disaster in the 1930s made it difficult for farmers in the Great Plains to grow crops?  


What is the Dust Bowl?

200

Women who  behaved in a more modern way during the 1920s were called ____________________

What is a flapper?

300

Name the famous African American writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who wrote about the Black experience

Who is Zora Neale Hurston?

300

Who was the famous aviator that completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight?  


Who is Charles Lindbergh?

300

What was a common item used in the makeshift homes of Hoovervilles?  

What is  cardboard or scrap material?

300

What were the shantytowns called that appeared during the Great Depression?  

What are Hoovervilles?

300
What is a huge or sudden growth called?

What is a boom?

400

Which jazz musician is famous for his trumpet playing and is a key figure in the history of jazz music?  

Who is Louis Armstrong?

400

What term describes the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North during the early 20th century?  

What is The Great Migration?

400

What kitchen invention became popular as families struggled to afford food during the Great Depression?  

What is the soup kitchen?

400

Which series of programs aimed at economic relief was launched by FDR after Hoover's presidency?  

What is the New Deal?

400

What is the process  the government wanted to limit during the Great Depression?

What is immigration?

500

Who was a popular flapper and singer during the 1920s known for her powerful voice?  


Who is Bessie Smith?

500

What type of music, characterized by improvisation, became popular during the 1920s?  

 What is jazz?

500

Name an invention that helped farmers during the Dust Bowl to conserve water.  


What is the irrigation system?

500

What year did the stock market crash, marking the start of the Great Depression?  

  • What is 1929?
500

How  are fishing, selling items and newspapers during the Great Depression similar?

What is earning money?

What is earning money during the Great Depression?

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