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Herbert Hoover takes office
he was voted prestident of the united states.the vote was 444 votes to 87 votes over Democratic candidate Alfred E. Smith. -
RFC
stands for reconstruction finance corporation. it was approved by congress in january 1932. it authorized up to $2 billion for emergency for banks life insurance compaines railroads and other companies. -
The Bonus Army
they were know as the bonus marchers but later there named got changed to the bonus army because thats what the media was calling them. they were lead by a man named Walter W. Waters he was the sargent. -
the new deal
The programs were to try and help the Great Depression, also know as the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform. relief for the unemployed and poor; recovery of the economy; and reform of the money problems system to try and stop a repeat depression. -
FDR elected
He was the 32 President of the U.S and the only one elected for more than two terms. he was leading when the world was having worldwide problems and world war. -
Indian Reorganization Act
it was also known as the Wheeler-Howard Act or the Indian New Deal. the tribe didnt have to adopt a constitution but they did it anyways. -
Hitler takes power
he was a very strong speaker and he had alot of power bc his words were so strong. he had died from a stroke in 1935. -
Father Coughlin attacks FDR, and Jews
at first he was all for roosevelt but then he found out about the National Union for Social Justice. Father Charles Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest from Royal Oak, Michigan. -
dust bowl
there was a drought for ten years turning everything into sand. there was also strong winds that would blow this sand around. this is known as the dust bowl. -
Social Security Act
The Social Securty Act was created by Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression. The Social Secutiry Act became part of the New Deal program. -
Neutrality Acts
this happened because of the growing turmoil on Europe. this soon leads into world war 2 -
GM Sit-down Strike
it was in Flint, Michigan where the workers sat down on their job. this strike lasted 44 days. it was first found by the UAW and made the UAW stronger. -
Social Security
this is to help people who are older, have no job, or has a disablity. social security is a goverment based program for insurance. -
rape of nanjing
This happened around six weeks after Japanese captured the city of Nanjing. During this time, hundreds of thousands of Chinese people and soldiers were murdered and 20,000–80,000 women were raped. -
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeckhe was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
