US History

By GGolden
  • Introduction of “Bonus Bill”

    Introduction of “Bonus Bill”
    the Bonus Bill of 1817 was legislation proposed by John C. Calhoun to earmark the revenue bonus, as well as future dividends,
  • Black tuesday

    Black tuesday
    October 29, 1929. share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
  • Food Riots in Minneapolis

    Food Riots in Minneapolis
    several men and women broke windows at local markets in Minneapolis and went inside and took fruits and canned goods
  • Food Riots in Minneapolis

    Food Riots in Minneapolis
    several hundred people smashed windows at local markets in Minneapolis and when they got inside they took fruits and canned goods
  • new York’s Bank of the United States collapses

    new York’s Bank of the United States collapses
    In 1930 there was a bank that failed in new York.The bank ran off its Bronx branch is said to have started the collapse of banking during the Great Depression.
  • Congress establishes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

    Congress establishes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
    The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was a government corporation in the United States in 1957 that gave financial support in 1932 that gave loans to banks railroad companies and other business
  • Ford Hunger March

    Ford Hunger March
    the ford hunger march also called the ford massacre. The march ended with 4 workers shot to death over 60 workers injured many of them by gunshots wounds.
  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration created

    Federal Emergency Relief Administration created
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was the new name given by the Roosevelt Administration to the Emergency Relief Administration which President Herbert Hoover had created in 1932
  • Bonus Army Conflict

    Bonus Army Conflict
    the bonus army is a very popular name for an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers and 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected President

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected President
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected the 32nd president of the US
  • Civilian Conservation Corps is established

    Civilian Conservation Corps is established
    The CCC was put together to help young men get jobs in state and federalnparks