______________________ is the lowest pay a worker can receive by law.

____________________ is the number of workers without jobs.

What is a dam that uses stored water to generate electricity?

___________________________ was an important author of the 1930s who wrote the novel Gone with the Wind.

______________________ was an American pianist who was known as the greatest jazz composer and band leader.

___________________ was an African American athlete who won four gold medals for track and field in the 1936 Olympics which took place in Berlin, Germany.

He was the 32nd president that was elected 4 times and created the New Deal program to help the US get out of the Great Depression.

He was the 31st president of the US who was blamed for the Great Depression.

What marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

_________________________ Americans were out of a job during the Great Depression.

Who was the president at the beginning of the Great Depression?

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

In the 1930s, a drought, planting of wheat on grasslands, strong winds, and cattle grazing the plain caused huge clouds of dust to cover the plain. What was this called?

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

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected into office. In his first 100 days in office, he implemented his plan to end the depression called _____________________.

The _______________________ Program put 8.5 million unemployed people back to work building roads, public buildings, bridges, parks, etc.

The _________________ Program hired men to plant trees.

The ______________________ Program helped farmers learn how to protect the soil. It also hired people to build hydroelectric dams.

What were soup kitchens?

What war helped end the Great Depression?