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ctober, 1929, the Stock Market crashes. Fortunes of investors around the world are destroyed. President Herbert Hoover, an Iowa native, is President of the United States. Many eventually blame him for the plight of Americans.
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In 1931, the "Star Spangled Banner" becomes the country's official national anthem.
The conch is a symbol of freedom in the novel -
1931: Gangster Al ("Scarface") Capone is convicted
Jack was caught stealing Piggy's glasses -
1932: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a democrat from New York, defeats Hoover for the presidency. In his first 100 days in office, Roosevelt launches the New Deal including dozens of federal programs to help agriculture.
Voting between Jack and Ralph at the start -
1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1937 she is lost over the Pacific on a round-the-world flight. Her plane and the bodies of Earhart and her navigator are never found.
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Total U.S. population is about 123 million in 1930. The estimated U.S. farm population stands at a little more than 30 million. The number of farms in the U.S. peaks in 1934, and the average farm size is about 350 acres.
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1936: King Edward VIII of England gives up his throne to marry Wallace W. Simpson, "the woman I love." Simpson cannot become England's Queen
Piggy's is like Ralph's best-friend and won't leave his side -
1937: The Great Flood overwhelms cities along the Ohio River. Two years earlier, the Republican River flood in Nebraska killed hundreds.
The bonfire the kids made at the top of the mountain goes out of control and causes chaos -
In 1939, the first commercial air flight crosses the Atlantic Ocean, and the helicopter is invented
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1939: Germany invades Poland. Great Britain declares war on Germany. Soon, all of Europe is fighting. The U.S. enters the war in December, 1941, although FDR is supplying Britain and the allies with guns and material before that date.
Jack invades Ralph's camp at night -
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1940's
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The first year of the 1940s was filled with war-related news. The Germans opened the Auschwitz concentration camp
Ralph and Jack camps were separated from each other -
1940 Germany and the Soviet union sign a non-aggression pact
Ralph and Jack agreed on a rule -
In 1942, World War II continued to dominate the news: Anne Frank went into hiding, the Bataan Death March occurred, as did the Battles of Midway and Stalingrad.
Piggy kept Journal Entries -
June 6, 1944, was momentous: D-Day, when the Allies landed in Normandy on the way to liberate Europe from the Nazis.
The battle of Jack and Ralph's groups -
April 12th 1945 FDR dies
Piggy dies -
May 7th 1945 Germany surrenders
Ralph's surrenders to jack after Piggy's death -
In 1949, NATO was established, the Soviet Union developed the atomic bomb, and China became communist.
Jack's group becomes a more of communist power
