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Tenth Amendment created
The Tenth Amendment- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. -
CCC was created
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. -
Stock market crash
Most people invested their entire life savings into the stock market. Others bought stocks on credit. When the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the country was unprepared. The economic devastation caused by the Stock Market Crash of 1929 was a key factor in beginning the Great Depression. -
FEMA Founded
The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities. The governor of the state in which the disaster occurs must declare a state of emergency. -
Hurricane Katrina
Fatalities
1,833 in U.S. confirmed
Damage
$108 billion (2005 USD)
caused this damage to the Bahamas, South Florida, Cuba, Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of eastern North America -
FEMA and New Orleans
FEMA helped New Orleans rebuild
