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1930s! Woo!
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Herbert Hoover takes office
Signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff before being elected. When elected, he had to deal with the struggles of the newly crashed stock market and the Great Depression. -
The Dust Bowl
The ten-year period of time when American prairie lands were afflicted by a severe drought. This was caused by Western topsoil and grasses being churned up by migrated farmers, which blew through the country. -
The Bonus Army
World War I veterans marched around the White House, demanding their bonuses early. Military personnel broke up their march, killing two veterans. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
An effort to restore banks, made by Herbert Hoover. The primary goal was to give loans to banks. -
FDR elected
Franklin Delano Roosevelt replaced Herbert Hoover as the 32nd president, much to the relief of the American public. He proposed the New Deal in an attempt to end the Depression once and for all. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was proposed by Franklin Roosevelt during his presidency during the Depression. It was created to, basically, help end the Great Depression and restore the economy. -
Indian Reorganization Act
Secured certain rights to Native Americans. Native Americans could maintain their own land. -
Hitler takes power
Adolf Hitler took power of Germany after the chancellor died. He then used his power to create his band of Nazis and started persecuting Jews. -
Social Security Act
Created to "limit the dangers" of American life, such as old age, sickness, poverty, and unemployment. Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to advocate federal assistance to the elderly population by signing this deal. -
Social Security
Security of life's hardships, such as sickness, unemployment, retirement, and poverty. Created by Franklin Roosevelt in 1935. -
Neutrality Acts
These acts banned the trade of war materials and arms with any party in the war. Also, it stated that Americans could travel on warring ships at their own risk. -
GM Sit-down strike
This event led to the unionization of the United States automobile industry. -
Rape of Nanking
The mass murder and rape of tens of thousands of Japanese citizens during the six-week period of time after the Japanese city of Nanking was captured. 20,000-80,000 women were raped. -
Father Coughlin attacks FDR, Jews
Charles Coughlin hinted attacks on Jewish bankers on his radio show. His radio show was later cancelled. -
The Grapes of Wrath
A novel set during the Great Depression. It is mainly about a family in Oklahoma trapped in the Dust Bowl.
