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Too much cotton
Cotton cost 42 cents a pound so farmers planted the largest crop of cotton ever and because of so much cotton the price dropped to 10 cents a pound and farmers lived in near depression conditions. -
The 19th amendment
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. -
Harding dies
Presdident Warren G. Harding dies from stroke while in office. Calvin Coolidge takes his place. -
Ford
Ford motor company market capitalization exceeds 1billion dollars due to the increase of people buying cars. -
KellogBriand Pact
Fifteen nations, including the United States, sign the Kellogg Briand pact which forbids war. It cannot be enforced though. -
Black tuesday
The stock market abruptly crashed after record highs because everyon wanted to sell there stocks at the same time. -
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Great depression
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Relief
Most people are living on relief of about $8.20 a month per person. -
President franklin
President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the election against Herbert hoover by a lanslide. -
Dust Storm
A three-day dust storm blows an about 350 million tons of soil off of the terrain of the West and Southwest and deposits it as far east as New York and Boston. -
End of great depression
World war 2 caused the country to start manufacturing more stuff so more people were needed to fill in many new needed jobs.
The stock market didnt really recover until about 1954
