Great Depression for Kids: Hardship and Hope in 1930s America, with 21 Activities
ACKNOWLEDG MENTS hanks to my editor at Chicago Review Press Lisa Reardon My gratitude to Bruce R Fehn for his insight and expertise as a histo rian Thank you to the Miller family Jeff Kristie Bailey Zack and Brooklyn for help in developing and testing the
TIME LINE 1918 World War I ends 1919 18th Amendment passed Prohibition 1920 19th Amendment allows women to vote 1927 Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president of the United States 1929 Stock market crashes 1930 Work begins on Boulder Dam later named Hoover Dam 1931 Jackie Mitchell strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig 1932 Bonus army arrives in Washington DC Franklin D Roosevelt elected president 1933 Frances Perkins becomes first female cabinet
member First Agricultural Adjustment Act helps suffer ing farmers Civilian Conservation Corps is formed 21st Amendment ends Prohibition Tennessee Valley Act is passed Federal Emergency Relief Administration pro vides relief to suffering families Public Works Administration creates jobs and stimulates business 1934 National Industrial Recovery Act guarantees workers the right to form unions 1935 Social Security Act signed George Gallup begins polling Americans Emergency Relief Appropriation Act pro vides funds for public works projects National Youth Administration provides jobs and training for young people Works Progress Administration establishes Federal Art Project Federal Music Project Federal Writers Project Federal Theatre Project 1936 Workers in Michigan stage sit down strike Dorothea Lange captures image of Migrant Mother First National Football League draft is held 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears in the Pacific
