racist organization that advocated for segregation laws in NM
What is "the Ku Klux Klan"?
100
it made Prohibition the law of the land
What is the "18th Amendment"?
100
he was President when the Depression began; now he's remembered as the nation's foremost slumlord
Who is "Herbert Hoover"?
100
environmental disaster area located in the Southern Plains during the Great Depression
What is the "Dust Bowl"?
100
program that employed many members of the TSA during the Depression
What is the "Federal Art Project" (FAP)?
200
it made women's suffrage the law of the land
What is the "19th Amendment"?
200
he had vacation hideouts at Fenton Lake and in the Jemez Mountains
Who is "Al Capone"?
200
New Mexican politician who was the first federal official to be convicted of a felony while in office
Who is "Albert B. Fall"?
200
Albuquerque politician who became a very popular Depression-era governor in New Mexico; lover of useless weeds that unworthily bear the name of tree
Who is "Clyde Tingley"?
200
legislation that allowed workers to unionize across the nation
What is the "National Industrial Recovery Act" (NIRA)?
300
this practice effectively violated the "ironclad clause" that forbid segregation for Hispanic students in NM schools
What is the "direct method"?
300
slang term for illegally produced or imported alcohol during Prohibition
What is "moonshine"?
300
name for the "oil leasing" scandal that rocked Warren G. Harding's administration during the 1920s
What is the "Teapot Dome" scandal?
300
name for displaced migrants fleeing the Dust Bowl; given their situation, they were anything but OK
What are "Okies"?
300
workers in this federal program built many of New Mexico's trails and buildings in our National Monuments, Parks, and National Forests
What is the "Civilian Conservation Corps" (CCC)?
400
she was related to the most influential member at the NM Constitutional Convention; she lobbied tirelessly for women's rights in NM
Who is "Nina Otero-Warren"?
400
decade during which Prohibition ENDED (people really needed a drink by that time)
What is the "1930s"?
400
name for panic-induced withdrawals from financial institutions that destroyed a great deal of wealth in the early years of the Great Depression
What are "bank runs"?
400
primary communications medium that Roosevelt used to lift Americans' spirits during the Great Depression
What is the "radio" or "fireside chats"?
400
industry whose workers went on strike in Gallup during the 1930s
What is "coal mining"?
500
acting governor of New Mexico for a short time; she was NM's first female secretary of state--a "lonely" position given the time period
Who is "Soledad Chavez de Chacon"?
500
despite his official support for Prohibition as a Senator, he had one of the finest wine cellars in the state at the time; he probably needed a good stiff drink when he found out a Democrat took his Senate seat following the crash that killed him
Who is "Bronson Cutting"?
500
year that FDR was elected to the presidency
What is "1932"?
500
unemployment rate for SKILLED workers in NM during the Great Depression