Herbert Hoover
Cultural Elements of the 1930's
The Great Depression
Franklin
Roosevelt
New Deal
100
31st President
In our line of Presidents which one was Herbert Hoover?
100
Gone With The Wind
What is the name of the novel Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for in 1937?
100
1938
What year did the Great Depression end?
100
Fireside Chats
What is the name of Roosevelts series of radio talks?
100
Social Security Act
What is the social insurance program funded through dedicated payroll taxes?
200
Hoovervilles
What were the communities of cardboard shacks called?
200
Duke Ellington
What is the name of the Pulitzer Prize American composer, pianist and bandleader of the 1930's?
200
United States
In what country did the Great Depression originate in?
200
New Deal
What is the name given to the complex package of economic programs Roosevelt initiated?
200
WPA- Works Progress Administration
What is the name of the program that included labor union support?
300
The Revenue Act of 1932
What was the name of the Act that Hoover implamented that raised income taxes on the highest incomes, doubled estate taxes, and raised corporate taxes by 15%.
300
Amelia Earhart
Who was the first women to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
300
Black Tuesday
What is the Stock Market Crash on October 29, 1929 known as?
300
immediate relief
What was Roosevelts "First 100 Days" in office concentrated on?
300
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
This work relief program for unemployed men, focused on natural resources conservation from 1933 to 1945.
400
Bonus Army/ Bonus Marchers
During Hoovers Presidency what was the name of the WWI veterans and their families who demonstrated and camped out in Washington D.C. during June 1932?
400
Jesse Owens
What was the first American to win 4 Olympic Gold Medals in Track and Field?
400
Dust Bowl
What was the effects of drought and erosion on the Great Plains known as?
400
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
What Act was signed by Roosevelt and is both a power supplier and a regulator?
400
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
A program that sought to stimulate demand and provide work and relief for the improverished through increased government spending.
500
Secretary of Commerce
What is the name of the minor cabinet post Hoover was appointed to before coming President?
500
Mary Mc leod Bethune
What was an American Educator and Civil Rights Leader best known for starting a school for black students in Daytona, Florida?
500
Okies?
What were the thousands of people who were forced to leave their homes from Oklahoma known as?
500
32nd President
In our line of presidents what number was Franklin Roosevelt?
500
Taft Hartly Act
What is the name of the labor laws that were revised by the conservatives?