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Herbert Hoover's election
The Republican Herbert Hoover was elected president on March 4th 1928. He was nominated on the first ballot at the Republican convention in Kansas City. Many blamed Hoover for the depression. -
The bonus Army
The Bonus Army was made up of about 43,000 marchers. 17,000 of them were World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups. -
FDR elected
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected as the 32nd president. He helped the American people have faith in themselves during the great depression. -
Hitler Takes power
Hitler served as the head of the state and was the Chancellor of Germany. He was the leader of National Socialist German Workers Party. -
The new deal
The New Deal was a series of economic programs in the U.S. It was part in the great depression and focused on relief, reform, and recovery. -
Father Coughlin attacks FDR, Jews
Charles Coughlin attacked the wealthy. He could attack bankers and others who were at a higher level. He was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience, -
The dust bowl
Servere dust storms took over the thirties, otherwise known as the dirty thirties. It was a time of bad dust storms causing people to become sick and some even die. It also hurt the agricultural farming. -
Indian Reorganization Act
The Indian Reorganization Act was An Act to conserve and develop Indian lands and resourcesa. The U.S. federal legislation gave rights to Native Americans. It also gave a return to local self-government on a tribal basis. -
Social Security Act
The social Security Act was a system the helped workers, the unemployed, people who were hurt at work, the handicapped and more. The act created a uniquely American solution to the problem of old-age pensions. -
Neutrality Acts
The Neutrality Acts were made to keep the U.S out of war by banning shipment of war materiel to belligerents, And by forbidding U.S. citizens from traveling on belligerent vessels except at their own risk. -
GM Sit-down strike
The GM Sit-down strike caused many people to have no work. They would get a 10 dollar bonus on christmas but that was it. -
Rape of Nanjing
The Rape of Nanjing was a mass murder that happened during the sixth week period of japanese capture of the city nanjing. Many chinese were killed, raped, and tortured. -
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath was a novel written by John Steinbeck, The book is about the Joads, a poor family of sharecroppers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, hardship, and changes in financial and agricultural industries.
