Crime Time
This couple weren’t particularly successful thieves, but they became famous when police discovered some of their snapshots… and for the murders they committed.
Who is Bonnie and Clyde?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY?
When did their crime spree take place?
This organisation provided work for young men between 18-25, which often took place in places like national parks.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
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How much of the $30 pay they were given each month did they have to send home?
FDR formed a bond with the American people through these regular conversations.
What are the Fireside Chats?
This women’s organisations was one of the most important lobby groups for the passage of Prohibition.
What is Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
The subculture of young women who bobbed their hair, wore short skirts, listened to jazz, wore lots of make-up, drank, smoked and generally had a wild time in the 1920s.
What are flappers?
This bank robber, active between 1933 and 1934, became known as Public Enemy Number 1.
Who is John Dillinger?
This organisation aimed to provide proper infrastructure (like hydro-electricity) in states such as Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?
This man was elected in a landslide after promising a ‘return to normalcy’ after WW1.
Who is Warren Harding?
This man served on the prosecution team during the Scopes Monkey Trial?
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
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When did the Scopes Trial take place?
As city-centres developed, this was the tallest skyscraper built in our period – finished in 1931.
What is the Empire State Building in NYC?
This man was the head of the BOI/ FBI from 1924-1972.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
This legislation tried to regulate farm production in order to raise the prices of goods.
What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?
This president was a big believer in balancing the budget.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This man ran for president in 1928 against Herbert Hoover.
Who is Al Smith?
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What were the two things about him that were used to drive voters away from him?
Developments in entertainment led to the creation of this new kind of celebrity.
What is the movie star?
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Name one of the founders of United Artists.
Kidnapping became a federal crime in the USA after this notorious event.
#expandingfederalpowers
What is the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping?
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Why was Charles Lindbergh so famous?
This organisation tried to set up a series of codes for industry, including price controls and labour relations.
What is the NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act?
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Which 1935 case resulted in the NRA being ruled as unconstitutional?
The Hoover Administration lost some support after using the army to deal with this troublesome group in 1932.
What is the Bonus Army?
The most restrictive immigration law between 1919-1941. Include the year!
What is the Johnson-Reed Act (1924)?
Growing consumerism led to the development of this – one of the contributing factors towards the Great Depression.
What is credit culture?
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The emphasis on having the latest, newest, best and the lower price of goods also contributed to the growth of this.
This organisation was the first large-scale federal police force in the USA.
What is the Prohibition Bureau?
This organisation provided funding for various projects, including the Federal Art Project (FAP).
What is the WPA (Works Progress Administration)?
Before the Great Depression, Hoover tried to help farmers by establishing this organisation.
What is the Federal Farm Board?
The KKK helped police to target Mexican, Italian and African-American neighbourhoods in this area during Prohibition.
What is La Grande, Oregon?
Leuchtenburg stated that this became a national obsession in the US by 1929.
What is conspicuous consumption?