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Herbert Hoover takes Office
He was a engineer and an author before his presidency. He was the 31st president. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl were storms of dust and it scared many people. There was so much dust it even caused damage. A reason it started was because of a drought. Many people moved away where storms like this couldn't happen. -
Hitler Takes Power
Hitler was a dictator and took power after the president Hindenburg, died. He made people think of him differently than he really is. -
RFC
RFC was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. It gave thousands of dollars to the state and local governments. -
The Bonus Army
It was an assembly of thousands of World War 1 veterans and their families. These people wanted the bonus that they were told they would get when they fought in the war. -
FDR Elected
Franklin Roosevelt helped many Americans and because of him many people became positive after the depression. Franklin Roosevelt was disabled and couldn't walk. -
The New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt brought this program after The Great Depression. Relief for the poor and unemployed, recovery for the economy, and the reformed financial system. -
Father Coughlin Attacks FDR, Jews
He supported the FDR in the beginning in his career. He told his beliefs over the radio. He started to believe in the ideas of Hitler and harassed Jews. -
Indian Reorganization Act
It was also known as the Wheeler-Howard Act. This act made sure Native Americans always had certain rights. -
Social Security Act
Social Security Act helped all the Americans that had really hard times during the depression. It got the name from a social insurance program that gave an income to workers 65 or older who were retired. -
Social Security
Social Security mostly helps the elderly. It also helps the disabled. -
Neutrality Acts
They wanted to make sure the United States doesn't get involved in the wars with other countries. It also said that citizens of the Untied States that went on war ships were going on them at their own risk. -
GM Sit Down Strike
The GM workers went on strike. They all decided to just sit down and nothing else until an agreement was reached. -
Rape of Nanjing
In the city on Nanjing in Japan more than 20,000 women got raped by soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army. Thousands were murdered. -
The Grapes of Wrath
It was a book writtne by John Steinbeck. It is about the dust bowl and very hard times to get through.
