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Herbert Hoover takes office
Herbert Hoover became the 31st President of the United States. He was a Republican and was later blamed for the Great Depression even though it was not entirely his fault at all. -
The Dust Bowl
This was a time when several severe dust storms hit many states in the great plains area as well as in Canada. After a dry spell the high winds carried away most of the topsoil in the area and caused a major geographical change in the areas that the storms hit. -
RFC
The RFC or the Reconstructed Finance Corporation was created by President Hoover to give banks, rail roads, and other buisnesses money. This was later continued with FDR's New Deal. -
The Bonus Army
About 50,000 vetrans marched on Wasington D.C. to try and obtain the bonuses that they were promised from the government. An army later ran them out of their campsites that they created and about 55 vetrans died. -
FDR Elected
FDR had a very likeable personality which is what helped him to get elected.SInce he became President during the Great Depression he came up with a plan called the New Deal to help get America out of the Depression. -
Hitler Takes Power
During Germany's depression many peole were unemployed and they turned to the powerful leader Adolf Hitler. They looked at him as a source of hope, so they elected him president. Soon after he got rid of the democratic system in Germany and became a dictator as well as start the idea of natzism. -
The New Deal
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt created this deal to help get America out of the great depression. The three main points of the deal were relief, recovery, and reform. -
Father Coughlin attacks FDR and Jews
He was one of the first people to use the radio to speak out about his opinions. When the radio show began he was in favor of FDR but he began to criticize him as well as become known as an antisemitic because he harshly attacked many Jewish bankers. This was one man that no one wanted to be on the bad side of. -
Indian Reorganization Act
This act was also known as the Howard-Wheeler Act.This act helped to secure certain rights to the Native Americans such as the right to land. -
Social Security Act
President Roosevelt created this during the great depression. The program was started to help give financial aid to those who needed it. -
Social Security
This a government started program that was created to assist the elderly. It supplied them money in the form of a pention once they retired from work. -
GM Sit-Down Strike
Workers came into work and just sat around instead of working. They refused to work until their employer would give into their demands. -
Rape of Nanjing
This occured in China at the capitol, Nanjing, and lasted for 6 weeks.During this time 20,000 to 80,000 women were raped and hundreds of thousands of people were murdered. -
The Grapes of Wrath
This novel was created during the great depression by John Steinbeckset. It focused on the hard times of poor farmers during the dust bowl. -
Neutrality Acts
The U.S. passed a series of acts to help our country stay nuetral and not help out other countries during times of war. Although these laws were pased the government continued to break the law and sell goods and weapons to other countries.However, Roosevelt spoke out later that he felt it was impossible to stay nuetral and that these laws could be broken.
