US History/Michelena
1930s Video Clips: Go to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/ Your user name is rbhs.lrc and your password is rbhs.lrc Search "History in Focus" and find 1930 - 1939. Watch the selected clips and fill out this paper:
President Hoover & WWI Vets:
What did Hoover promise to Americans in the early 1930s?
How many veterans converged on Washington, DC?
What were these vets referred to as?
What was the consequence of Hoover’s behavior towards the vets?
FDR Elected President:
FDR called for this:
FDR did what to counteract the closing of the banks?
What did FDR mean when he said, “I think it’s time for a beer!”?
War Erupts in the Eastern Hemisphere:
Who came to power in Germany in the 1930s?
What country did Japan invaded?
What country was in a civil war?
What two countries supported Franco?
In 1938, Hitler took control of which countries?
The Munich Agreement represented the foreign policy concept of:
On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded what country?
When war broke out in Europe, FDR said that the US would do what?
Life in the 1930s:
In what locations were the shantytowns located?
What political party began to attract follower in the 1930s? Why?
Who was Father Coughlin?
What was the CCC?
How many American moved West?
What disaster hit the East Coast?
Sports & Games:
Name three games popular in the 1930s?
What appeared in 1932?
What appeared in 1938?
What sport was played on Saturdays?
Who was one baseball hero of the 1930s?
Where were the Olympics held in 1936?
What was Hitler’s goal?
Who disrupted Hitler’s plans?
People of the 1930s:
What happened to the Lindbergh baby?
Why did Al Capone finally go to jail?
Why was Eleanor Roosevelt wildly popular?
Entertainment:
What was the most popular radio show of the 1930s?
How many Americans owned radios by 1930? By the end of the decade?
How many Americans went to the movie each week in the 1930s?
Science & Technology:
How much did it cost to fly between New York City and Chicago?
What was the most popular method of travel in the 1930s?
What was the tallest building in the world in the 1930s?
What was the PWA?
Name three projects of the PWA in the 1930s.
