The Great Depression
The Great Depression occured in this decade.
What were the 1930s?
The New Deal was led by this U.S. President.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
The war was fought between these two alliances.
What are the Allied and Axis Powers?
The 1920s saw a rise in anti-Communist paranoia and fear, giving the decades this nickname.
What was the 1st Red Scare?
This ecological disaster in the Great Plains was caused by a series of droughts and poor land management.
What was the Dust Bowl?
3 R's of the New Deal - Relief, ____________, and Reform
This agency monitors the stock market, making sure its a safe place to invest your money.
What is the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)?
World War II saw fighting on every continent, except this one.
What is Antartica?
These two men were executed by electric chair for "appearing Italian".
Who was Sacco and Vanzetti?
These were shantytowns built in city parks and streets across the United States during the Great Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
Critics of the New Deal argued that FDR's programs gave too much power to this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch (President)?
This agency focused on replanting America's forests and improving infrastructure in America's state and national parks.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)?
The major turning point in World War II was the defense of this Russian city named after the "Iron Man" of Russia.
What is Stalingrad?
The deadliest case of racial violence to occur in the United States took place in this city in 1921.
What is Tulsa, OK?
This Great Depression movement was led by WWI veterans that demanded immediate payment of their service bonuses.
What was the Bonus Army March?
FDR created hundreds of federal agencies to fight back against the Great Depression, which were given this nickname because of their use of acronyms.
What are the "alphabet soup" agencies?
When you retire or unexpectedly lose your job, this agency provides tax-payer funds to help you get back on your feet.
What is the Social Security Administration (SSA)?
The Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor in retaliation for this American policy.
What is an oil embargo?
This law was passed by Congress to enforce Prohibition.
What is the Volstead Act?
This economic theory practiced by Herbert Hoover and later Republican presidents argues that if money is given to big businesses, it will eventually benefit all of American society.
What is "trickle-down" or "top-down" economics?
This group of unofficial advisors was brought to the White House to help FDR address the impact of the New Deal on minority groups.
What was the "Black Cabinet"?
This agency brought hydroelectric dams and electricity to one of the poorest areas in the United States.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
What do the following military leaders have in common: Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin.
The KKK re-emerged in 1915 in Stone Mountian, GA at the same time this famous pro-KKK movie was released and shown in the White House.
What is "The Birth of a Nation"?