the group of elected politicians responsible for passing laws in the USA are known as Congress

escapism refers to types of entertainment or imagination that help you to forget about your work and your problems

1930s American popular culture

History

This unit prepares pupils to think about how the USA changed after the war

Pupils know that the early 1930s had been a period of bust in the USA

USA New Deal and WW2: how far did the American economy recover?

Write the missing word. {{}} refers to types of entertainment or imagination that help you to forget about your work and your problems.

How did radio ownership in the USA change between 1930 and 1940?

How many artists were employed by Federal Project Number One?

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) hired 3 000 000 workers

Weekly music classes were provided for 132 000 children and adults

40 000 artists were employed to work on the Federal Project Number One

Which example best demonstrates that Federal Project Number One was able to benefit ordinary Americans well as artists?

cinema attendance fell for a short periodfore recovering

'Wizard of Oz' released in released in colour

Starting with the earliest, sort the following stages of film history into chornological order.

Write the missing word. Something may be declared {{}} if it is not allowed under the laws of a political system.

How many Americans were unemployed by 1933?

What type of opponent to the New Deal was Alf Landan?

Who proposed the 'Share Our Wealth' plan?

Write the missing word. In 1937, President Roosevelt introduced an unpopular plan to {{}} the Supreme Court but this faced widespread opposition and was abandoned.

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events and periods into chronological order.

Starter Quiz