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President known for his "New Deal".
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
FDR's name for his programs and legislation to fight the depression.
What is the New Deal?
The major environmental disaster that swept across the great plains in the 1930's.
What is the Dust Bowl?
One of the most popular forms of home entertainment during the depression.
What is the radio?
Major construction project on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona.
What is the Hoover Dam?
President at the start of the Great Depression, his policies were unpopular, and he was unable to gain reelection in 1932.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
One of the highest tariffs in American history
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
October 24, 1929, is known as the start of this economic disaster.
What is the Great Depression?
The name given to slums and groups of shacks housing unemployed people and families.
What are Hoovervilles?
The German invasion of the Soviet Union
What is Operation Barbarossa?
Unemployed veterans who wanted their WWI bonuses from the U.S. government.
What is the Bonus Army?
The name given to various agencies that were part of the New Deal.
What are Alphabet Agencies?
This election saw a major shift in the African American vote from Republican to Democrat.
What is the 1936 election?
The name given to people who were homeless and rode around the country in boxcars and trains looking for work.
What is a hobo?
Battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor. Over half of the casualties from Pearl Harbor came from this ship.
What is the Arizona?
Daily Double
Louisiana Senator known as the "Kingfish"
Who is Huey Long?
The three R's of the New Deal.
What is Relief, Recovery, Reform?
This event ended the Great Depression
What is WWII?
FDR's radio broadcasts, meant to help calm the American public.
What are "Fireside Chats"?
Before alarm clocks, people would hire other people to wake them up. They would be called this.
What are Knocker Uppers?
First Female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic
Who was Amelia Earhart?
FDR's plan to increase the number of Justices on the Supreme Court was known as this.
What is Court-Packing?
This major air disaster in 1937 ended the age of the airship.
What is the Hindenburg Disaster?
Radio broadcast that caused a panic, making people believe that there was a Martian invasion.
What is War of the Worlds?
This world leader was attacked by horde of bunnies during a 1807 hunting trip.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?