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Herbert Hoover Takes Office
Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. People often blamed the Great Depression on him. -
RFC
The RFC was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation administrated by Herbert Hoover. It was made after WWI to aid in the finances of banks, life insurance companies, railroads, and other large businesses. -
The Bonus Army
Soldiars led by Douglas MacArthur marched into Washington D.C. to stop the Bonus Army, veterans and their families, from protesting. It was thought to be a parade for the veterans until these marchers started to attack. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was administrated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was created to help economic problems and financial reform during the Great Depression. -
FDR Elected
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. During his term, he created the "New Deal" to help during the Great Depression. -
Indian Reorganization Act
This act gave certain rights to Native Americans, including Alaska Natives. It gave the Native Americans the management of their assests and other right too. -
Hitler Takes Power
Adolf Hitler was a German who had political standing and rose to power after the President of German, Paul von Hindenburg, died. After Hitler gained this new power, he then declared himself the dictator of Germany. -
Father Coughlin Attacks FDR, Jews
Father Charles Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest from Royal Oak, Michigan. At first, he was a major supporter of Roosevelt, but then became a harsh critic of him after he founded the National Union for Social Justice. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl is also known as the Dirty Thirties. It was the time in the 1930s where there was a drought, which caused all of the soil to dry to dust. There was then massive wind storms that would blow all of the dust around, causing sicknesses and many people to move. -
Social Security
Social Security is a government-based program. It is aimed to assist people who are older, unemployed, or disabled. -
Social Security Act
The Social Securty Act was administrated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression. It was set up to give financial aid to the people that needed it. -
GM Sit-Down Strike
This sit-down strike took place in Flint, Michigan where the GM workers sat down on their jobs. The strike lasted for 44 days and gave the United Auto Workers (UAW) industrial union the right to represent and organize its employees. -
Rape of Nanjing
The Rape of Nanjing, which is also known as the Nanjing Massacre, took place after the Japanese captured the formal capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens were killed and the Imperial Japanese Army raped 20,000 - 80,000 women. -
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeckset during the Great Depression. It is about a poor family that has to leave their home in Oklahoma due to the Dust Bowl. -
Neutrality Acts
The Neutrality Acts were a series of acts throughout the 1930s. They limited the United States' involvement in future wars after the response to what the US did during WWI.
