Great Depression and New Deal FACTORY ESCAPE GAME

Great Depression and New Deal FACTORY ESCAPE GAME

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Be able to keep your job during the 1930s

THE MISSION

It is a tough period during the 1930s. You are to keep your job, demand better working conditions and pay, so that you can make it through this difficult economic period.

THE base

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward

QUESTION 2/3

Herbert Hoover

Was president when the stock market crashed in 1929

Franklin D. Roosevelt

QUESTION 2/3

Radio

This impacted how Americans received information and was entertained during 1920s and 1930s.

TV

QUESTION 3/3

savings

People were purchasing new technology and materials item on what....

credit

THE base

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward through the early 1930s.

QUESTION 1/3

margin.

People engaged in the stock market by purchasing stocks on..

sound investment.

regulations.

QUESTION 2/3

Super Bowl

This affected settlers and farmers in the mid-west by a combination of farming practices and environmental issues.

Dust Bowl

Rose Bowl

QUESTION 3/3

rugged individualism

President Hoover belived that states and private organizations would best help citizens in need and

executive orders

speculation

the base

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward into a new Presidential administration.

QUESTION 1/3

Okies

This group demanded service bonuses early and then were savagely forced out by federal troops ordered in by President Hoover.

Bonus Army

Flappers

QUESTION 2/3

Power Deal

President Franklin Roosevelt introduced a series of programs to address the economic situation in the U.S.

Deal or No Deal

New Deal

QUESTION 3/3

Relax

The 3 Rs of the New Deal: Relief, ___________, Reform

Recovery

Recycle

the base

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward to get through these tough times.

QUESTION 1/3

Huey Long

Babe Ruth

New Deal programs like the WPA hired artists, like ___________ and writers to document the conditions and plight of those affected by the Great Depression.

Louis Armstrong

Dorothea Lange

QUESTION 2/3

Eleanor Roosevelt

Alice Roosevelt

She was President Roosevelt's wife and supporter of civil rights for African Americans and women.

Frances Perkins

Dorothea Lange

QUESTION 3/3

Upton Sinclair

John Steinbeck

Novelist of the 1930s that wrote novels about the plight of farmers and migrant workers, 'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Of Mice and Men'

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Langston Hughes

the base

Find the clue you need to keep moving forward. Stay strong

QUESTION 1/3

FDIC

CCC

New Deal program to instill trust in banks again and ensure deposits

TVA

WPA

QUESTION 2/3

SEC

CCC

Provided work to young men building and cleaning up camps, forests, and national parks

WPA

FDIC

QUESTION 3/3

CCC

TVA

New Deal program that created jobs by building up the country's infrastructure like roads, airports, bridges, and schools

WPA

SSA

Mission Complete

You've made it through 1930s and kept your job!

START OVER?

Are you sure you want to go out?

You will lose progress

exit

back

MISSION FAILED

You've become a statistic of the Great Depression and joined the millions of others on the unemployment line

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