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The Volstead Act
This act made it illegal to sell any “intoxication beverages”. This moved the liquor trade underground, controled by organized crime-figures. -
National Origins Act
The act set immigration quotas that excluded some people in favor of others -
Black thursday
The start of the Great Depression. People start selling investments and the price tickets can't keep up -
Black tuesday
The Doe Jones falls by 12%. People lose 14 million dollars in a day -
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Great Depression
The world eoconomy drops. People lose jobs and their savings.
Everyone is affected by the economy. -
Franklin Roosevelt is elected as president
People are tired of Hoover's "subtle" actions to help them during the crisis. They turn to another candidat. -
Roosevelt does the Second New Deal
Social Security Act is put is action later in the year. -
WW II
Hitler used the people's despair to rally them to his ideals. He promised a better lifestyle. -
The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
The moment the US stops being a third party. This decision pulls them out of the economic crisis.