Unit 4

1

100

1. Gone with the Wind, written by Margaret Mitchell, is about life in the      during the          War.

south, Civil

200

__________ won 4 gold medals during the Olympics.

Jesse Owens

300

_________________ election gave people hope that there would be a recovery for the country after the Great Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s

400

    ______ was a great jazz musician during the 1930s and people all over the country were able to listen to his music due to the radio.

Duke Ellington

500

Government agencies created during the New Deal were often referred to with ______ ___ __ ________ created by the first letter of each word in the title

acronyms or an abbreviation

2

100

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt created the
   _____  ____ to help fix the problems caused by the Great Depression.

New Deal

200

Farmers and their families moved out of the ____ _____ during the Dust Bowl.

Great Plains

300

The ______ suffered the most from the Dust Bowl and many farmers lost their homes and farms.

Midwest

400

1.  During _____ ________ _____, people did not spend more money.

the Great Depression

500

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were similar because they ___ __ __ __ ______.

provided jobs for the unemployed

3

100

1.  __ ___ ___ happened because of widespread drought and poor farming practices.

The Dust Bowl

200

The New Deal helped to relieve some of the suffering from the Great Depression but the country would not fully recover until ____ ____- _.

World War 2

300

1. To try to help the country recover, _____ _____ ____ created federal programs that created  jobs for Americans due to economic struggles.

 Franklin D. Roosevelt

400

When the Stock Market Crashed in _____, many people lost their savings.

1929

500

1. The main causes of the Great Depression were a _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

severe drought that caused a dust bowl, the stock market crashed and stocks lost their value, and banks failed which made many people lose their savings.

4

100

People went to soup kitchens when they could not afford food after losing their savings and jobs during

losing their savings and jobs during the Great Depression.

200

 Even though he had great success at the Olympics, Jesse Owens faced ___ ________ when he came back to the United States.

racial discrimination

300

1. The Great Depression included high levels of ______ in the United States.

unemployment

400

1.  Many Americans felt the government did not do enough to help Americans during the start of the Great Depression and became upset with ____ _______.

President Hoover

500

1.  ____ ______ was president when the stock market crashed, the Great Depression started, and Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.

Herbert Hoover