What's covered
Key facts
Depression and the New Deal
The Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s worsened the Depression across the American Midwest, displacing farming families.
The Civil Rights movement
In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that school segregation was unconstitutional.
Depression and the New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt became US President in 1933 and launched the New Deal as his programme to fight unemployment after the Depression.
The Civil Rights movement
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed racial discrimination in public places and schools across the United States.
Depression and the New Deal
The Great Depression of the 1930s was a worldwide economic crisis triggered by the 1929 Wall Street Crash.
The Civil Rights movement
The US Civil Rights movement was a struggle to end racial segregation and gain civil rights for Black Americans.
Depression and the New Deal
"Hoovervilles" were shanty towns built by homeless unemployed Americans during the Depression, named mockingly after President Hoover.
The Civil Rights movement
The March on Washington in August 1963 ended with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Depression and the New Deal
The New Deal's slogan was the "Three Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
The Civil Rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr. led the non-violent civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sample questions
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Which 1929 event triggered the Great Depression in the USA?
- •Bank of America Collapse
- •Stock Market Regulation Act
- •the Dust Bowl crisis
- ✓Wall Street Crash
Which 1955-56 boycott in Alabama protested against bus segregation?
- •Atlanta Freedom Ride
- •Birmingham Bus Strike
- ✓Montgomery Bus Boycott
- •Selma Transport Protest
Which US President introduced the New Deal in 1933?
- •Calvin Coolidge of the 1920s era
- ✓Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
- •Harry Truman, who followed Roosevelt
- •Herbert Hoover, Roosevelt's predecessor
Which Supreme Court case in 1954 ruled school segregation unconstitutional?
- ✓Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954
- •Loving v. Virginia (1967 mixed-marriage case)
- •Plessy v. Ferguson (1896 segregation ruling)
- •Roe v. Wade (1973 abortion-rights ruling)
What were 'Hoovervilles' during the Depression?
- •Charity-funded permanent housing estates
- •Government training camps for the unemployed
- •Mining settlements built by the Hoover Company
- ✓Shanty towns built by homeless unemployed people
Which 1963 March in Washington featured King's 'I Have a Dream' speech?
- •Freedom Riders March
- ✓March on Washington
- •Poor People's Campaign
- •Selma to Montgomery March
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