Post War America
New Deal
Culture
Great Depression
Trivia
100

This color is another term for communists, as in "the ___ scare"

Red

100

This New Deal Act guarantees the safety of bank accounts

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

100

This style of music emerged in the 1920s and continues to influence popular music today

Jazz

100

This term refers to Americans rapidly withdrawing their money from bank accounts in the 1920s and 1930s

"run on the banks"

100

The "J" in "J. Sterling Morton" stands for...

Julius

200

The massive drought and dust storms in the Midwest during the 20s and 30s were referred to as...

The Dust Bowl

200

This organization was created to monitor the stock market

Securities and Exchange Comission

200

This trumpet player was one of America's first pop stars and helped contribute to a national popular culture

Louis Armstrong

200

This public works project provided jobs and electricity to thousands of people living on the west coast

Hoover Dam

200

The Capital of Idaho is...

Boise

300

These Italian immigrants were convicted of a crime they likely did not commit

Sacco & Vanzetti

300

This program provides aid for people who are retired and people with disabilities

Social Security Act

300

This person became famous for flying solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean

Charles Lindbergh

300

Prices of food and goods dropped in the Depression because of....

Overproduction

300

This person is the all-time leading scorer in the NBA with over 38,000 career points

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

400

This person was famously taken to court for teaching evolution in school

John Scopes

400

Thousands of young men worked for this program building roads, planting trees and creating parks

Civilian Conservation Corps

400

This was the rapid development of Black American culture during the 1920s and 1930s

Harlem Renaissance

400

The day the Stock Market crashed in 1929 is referred to as...

Black Tuesday

400

These two countries share the longest international border

USA & Canada

500

This amendment banned the sale of alcohol in America

18th Amendment

500

This program set a national minimum hourly wage and prohibited factory labor for children under sixteen years of age.

Fair Labor Standards Act

500

This led to increased debt in the 1920s for American consumers

Installment Buying/Installment Plan

500

Shantytowns were also referred to as this, named after the President at the start of the Depression

Hooverville

500

Mr. Schwarz's first name is....

Chris/Christopher