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Fraser Polselli 1930's Timeline
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Herbert Hoover Takes Office
Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. Most people blamed him for the Great Depression. He easily won the Republican votes. -
RFC
The RFC was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation lead by Herbert Hoover. It was made after WWI to assist banks, life insurance companies, railroads, and other large businesses with their financial situations. -
The Bonus Army
The Bonus Army invaded Washington D.C. to stop the veterans and their families from protesting. It was said to be a parade for the veterans until these invaders started to attack. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was made to help economic issues and financial reformation during the Great Depression. -
FDR was Elected
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. During his term, he created "The New Deal" to assist during the Great Depression. -
Indian Reorganization Act
The act gave specific rights to Native Americans, including Alaska Natives. It gave the Native Americans the control of their assests and other rights too. -
Hitler in Power
Adolf Hitler was a German man who had political authority and rose to power after the President of German, Paul von Hindenburg, died. After Hitler gained his new power, he declared himself the dictator of Germany. -
Father Coughlin attacked FDR, Jews
Father Charles Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest from Royal Oak, Michigan. At first, he supported Roosevelt, but then he did not approve of him after he founded the National Union for Social Justice. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl can also be called the Dirty Thirties. It was the time in the 1930s where there was a drought, which made all of the soil change into dust. Then there was massive wind storms that would blow all of the dust around, creating sicknesses and many people to move. -
Social Security
Social Security is a government-based program. Its purpose is to help people who are older, unemployed, or disabled. -
Social Security Act
The Social Securty Act was created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression. It was made to give financial assistance to the people that needed it. -
GM Sit-down Strike
This sit-down strike wasn Flint, Michigan where the GM workers literally sat down on their jobs. The strike lasted 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, also called the Nanjing Massacre, took place after the Japanese captured what was once capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. Many of Chinese citizens were killed and the Imperial Japanese Army raped 20,000 - 80,000 women. -
Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by John Steinbeckset during the Great Depression. It is based on poor family that has to leave their home in Oklahoma because of 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.
