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Herbert Hoover Takes Office
This man was the 31st President of the United States. People often blamed him for causing the Great Depression. -
RFC
The RFC was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation administrated by Herbert Hoover. It was made after World War 1 to aid in the finances of banks, life insurance companies, railroads, and other large businesses. -
The Bonus Army
The Bonus Army marched into Washington D.C. They consisted of the veterans and their families from World War 1. 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 Roosevelt. It was created to help economic problems and financial reform during the Great Depression which helped greatly. -
FDR Elected
During Franking Roosevelts term, he created the "New Deal" to help during the Great Depression. He was the 32nd President of the United States. -
Indian reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act gave certain rights to Native Americans, including Alaska Natives. It gave the Native Americans the management of their assests and other rights too. -
Hitler Takes Power
Adolf Hitler was a German who had political standing and rose to power after the Paul von Hindenburg,President of Germay, 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 before he founded the National Union for Social Justice. -
The Dust Bowl
he 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. The dust would get into everything even into the hosues. -
Social Security
Social Security is a government-based program for the people who needed it. It is aimed to assist people who are older, unemployed, or disabled. -
Social Security Act
The Social Securty Act was administrated by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. It was set up to give financial aid to the people that needed it most. -
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 a whole 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 former 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 without a cause. -
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeckset that took place during the Great Depression. It is about a poor family that has to leave their home in Oklahoma due to the Dust Bowl and heads toward their new home. -
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.
