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The Great Depression
Grade 5
Term | Definition |
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theme | a lesson learned by one or more characters (a universal truth) |
Stock Market Crash of 1929 | This happened Tuesday, October 29, 1929. It was known as Black Tuesday. |
Herbert Hoover | The US President at the beginning of the Great Depression. |
soup kitchens | places where free food is served to those who are homeless or poor. |
The Great Depression | A period in US history of economic hardship. |
Franklin Roosevelt | The US President who helped the US get out of the Depression with his New Deal. |
The Dust Bowl | The prairie states in the mid-west that experienced a severe drought which brought about dust storms. The worst was called Black Sunday. |
Duke Ellington | pianist and bandleader who created the big band jazz concept |
Margaret Mitchell | author who wrote the book, Gone With the Wind |
The Federal Arts Projects (FAP) | government sponsored arts program created in 1935 to provide work relief for artists |
Jesse Owens | Olympic runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games |