What had happen was
Roaring
Who?
Name the Deal
Depression
What did they do?
100

A severe drought hit the Great Plains in 1930. A drought is a long period without ____.

Rain

100

another name for the Jazz Age in the 1920's

Roaring 20's

100

Which president was in office during the beginning of the Great Depression but did not do much to help the American people?

Herbert Hoover

100

What was Roosevelt’s plan to help the U.S. economy called?

The New Deal
100

What does unemployment mean?

Not having a job

100

Charities that provided food for unemployed and homeless people

Soup Kitchens

200

What important event happened on Tuesday, October 29, 1929?

Black Tuesday

200

How did the standard of living improve for many Americans during the Roaring Twenties?

New technologies, such as electricity and the automobile, became available to many Americans. (TECHNOLOGY) 

200

A famous musician, composer and bandleader during the “Swing Era”

Who was Duke Ellington?

200

Built bridges, roads, school, parks and airports

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

200

Severe drought in the Great Plains with prairie winds picking up dust and it covered everything.

What was the Dust Bowl?

200

What did Jesse Owens accomplish?

He was an African American athlete who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics

300

What did many farm families do to escape the Dust Bowl?

Moved to California

300

A district in Manhattan in New York City

Harlem

300

A famous athlete

Who was Jesse Owens?

300

Was known for stopping flooding issues

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

300

Many people blamed Herbert Hoover for the continuing depression. Shantytowns became known as __________.

Hoovervilles

300

Herbert Hoover was defeated by ___________ in the 1932 presidential election.

Franklin D Roosevelt

400

Which president was elected in 1932 with promises to pull America out of the Depression?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

400

During the 1920s, what economic trend helped cause the Great Depression?

Consumers bought too many things on credit. (CREDIT)

400

A famous writer

Who was Margaret Mitchell?

400

Was known for giving jobs to young men (18-25) to plant forests.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

400

What was the downturn in the U.S. economy called?

The Great Depression

400

What famous novel did Margaret Mitchell write?

Gone With the Wind

500

What was the main goal of poets, writers, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance?

to encourage pride in African American culture

500

The decade following World War I was nicknamed "The Roaring Twenties" because...

... it was a time of filled with hope, prosperity, and cultural change.

HOPE - PROSPERITY - CULTURAL CHANGE

500

A Famous potograph of a mom and her children in a Shantytown is named ________ ______?

Migrant Mother

500

Which was the three parts of President Roosevelt's New Deal Plan (the 3 R's)

recovery - relief - reform 


500

True or False, if false make true?

Many countries around the world experienced the economic depression?

True

500

This was the first movie to release with color during the Great Depression

The Wizard of OZ