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Hitler Takes power
Within six months of appointing Hitler, Von Hindenburg died. Hitler, who had positioned himself, also became president.He got Germany back on its feet economically. -
Herbert Hoover takes office
The 31st President of the United States and was blamed for the great depression.He won the Republican party by far. -
The Dust bowl
Period of time of dust storms that caused damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936.The Dust Bowl was caused from lack of crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops or other techniques to prevent The Dust bowl. -
RFC
RFC was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation by Herbert Hoover. Made after WWI to help banks, railroads,and other large businesses. -
The bonas Army
43,000 marchers and 7,000 World War I veterans protested in Washington, D.C to get cash-payment. The bonas army invaded Washington D.C. to stop the veterans and their families from protesting. -
The New Deal
These programs were a result of the Great Depression, and focused on relief, recovery and reform. Relief for the unemployed and poor; recovery of the economy ,and reform of the financial system to repeat another depression. -
FDR elected
Was the 32nd President of the United States. The only American president elected more than two terms.He created "The New Deal" during the Great Depression. -
Indian Reorganization Act
Was a U.S. federal legislation that secured rights to Native Americans.It also Gave control of their assests and other rights. -
Father Coughlin attacks FDR,jews
Father Charles Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest from Royal Oak, Michigan.He began radio broadcasts of his sermons, He eventually put in political statements attacking Herbert Hoover and later turned on Franklin Roosevelt. -
Social Security Act
Povides unemployment benefits.It also provides pensions for elderly and people with disabitities,and families with dependent children. -
Social Security
social welfare program in the U.S. ,includes old-age and survivors insurance and some unemployment insurance and old-age assistance. -
Neutrality Acts
Laws that were passed by the United States Congress in 1935and 1936.These laws prevented U.s. arms sales and loans to nations at war. -
GM sit down strike
General Motor workers in Flint, Michigan, sat down at their jobs.The forty-four day strike was a victory for the Auto Workers and gave them the right to represent and organize its employees -
Rape Of Nanjing
Was a larger murder and war rape that happened during Japanese capture of the city of Nanjing.Chinese citizens and disarmed soldiers were murdered and 20,000-80,000 women were raped by soldiers of the Japanese Army. -
The Grapes of wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck.The novel is about the Joads, a poor family of sharecroppers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought.
