The Great Depression
Deep Run High School English Teacher
http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/hs/deeprun
 
Use the website below and create a timeline for your group using the following information:

GROUP: POLITICS AND SOCIETY

1929-
Western gunfighter
Chicago gangsters

1930-
How many millionaires file a tax return
Who you gonna call?

1931-
How many are unemployed
Scottsboro Boys

1932-
FDR’s campaign song
Lindberg’s baby
Autoworker’s riot

1933-
FDR’s radio communications
What is made legal?

1934-
Old age relief
Who’s carrying the mail
Help for the farmer’s

1935-
Savings bonds
Worker’s strike
Soil conservation

1936-
Fears of communism
Eleanor Roosevelt’s party
Percentage of families below the poverty line
What’s going on on the Colorado River

GROUP: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1929-
What did Einstein publish?
Conditions for minors
Rocket planes

1930-
Lindberg’s record
New planet discovered
Drought in Arkansas

1932-
What did Morgan publish?
Einstein’s discovery

1935-
Machine invented for murder trials

1936-
Where is electricity generated?

GROUP: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


1929-
What did Einstein publish?
Conditions for minors
Rocket planes

1930-
Lindberg’s record
New planet discovered
Drought in Arkansas

1932-
What did Morgan publish?
Einstein’s discovery

1935-
Machine invented for murder trials

1936-
Where is electricity generated?

GROUP: ARTS AND CULTURE


1929-
Who is in the comics?
Faulkner’s book
Who is born this year?
What are Mickey Mouse’s first words?
Babe Ruth’s record
Billie Holiday’s song

1930-
Famous building opens to the public
What is Grant Woods’ painting?
Who earns more money than the president?
Who is kidnapped?

1931-
What happens in Nevada?
What building is dedicated in NYC?
Which movie wins the Academy Award?

1932-
What was Howard Hawk’s film?
John Wayne’s movie
Rudy Vallee’s song

1933-
Who invents Monopoly?
What is the big harry movie?

1934-
Who killed two police officers?
Who gets shot on May 23rd?
What happens of July 4th?
Comic strip by Al Capp?
What happens to Pretty Boy Floyd?

1935-
Who retires from baseball?
What is the comic strip introduced in July?
Who is the “King of Swing”?

1936-
What is established in Cooperstown?
What is the movie about the Dust Bowl?

GROUP: WORLD

1929-
Who banishes Trotsky?
Who is accused of indecent public behavior?
What happened at the Geneva Convention?

1930-
How many people are in the world?
What is going on in China?
What is the rising political party in Germany?
Where does revolution begin?

1931-
What country does Japan invade?

1932-
What country does Japan invade?
Who is running for president in Germany?
Who goes on a hunger strike?

1933-
Who becomes Chancellor of Germany?
What are the Nazis beginning to do?

1934-
How many people does Hitler execute?
Who begins a long march?

1935-
Where does Italy send troops?
What does Hitler do with the military?
What do religious leaders ask of Americans?
Whose citizenship is revoked?

1936-
Who is crowned King of England?
Where are the Olympics?
What happens in Spain?
What do Hitler and Mussolini sign?

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