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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born.
He was the 32nd President of the United States. He led the united states theough a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. His Presidency lasted from 1933-1945. -
Dorothea Lange was born.
She was an american documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was best known for her depression era work for the Farm Security Administration -
James Mercer Langston Hughes was born
American Poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was an innovator of Jazz poetry. -
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Great Depression
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Unemployment rate in 1920
5.20 % -
Unemployment in 1921
11.7% -
The Deportation Of Mexican Americans in the Great Depression (the Mexican Repatriation)
This refers to a mass migration that took place between 1929 and 1939 when as many as 500,000 people of mexican decent were forced or pressured to leave the US after the Stock Market Crash -
The Great Depression
A worlwide economic depression that happened 11 years after WW1. The Great Depression varied across nations, but most contries started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930's-1940's. The Stock Market Crash added a lot to starting the depression. -
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Relief is providing aid to a situation. The recovery is getting things back together as they were before the depression. Such as getting jobs going, getting the economy back to hwere it needs to be. The reform is changing the way the government, economy, and even society handles things so another Great Depression doesn't happen again. -
Unemployment rates in 1929
3.2% -
The Dust Bowl
In the 1930's became so dry that there was a dust storm. Tons of topsoil were blown off fields and carried in a storm of clouds, for hundreds of miles. the driest region of the plains- southeastern Colorado, southwest Kansas and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas became known as the Dust Bowl. The entire country was affected by this. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs in the Unites States between 1933 and 1936 that were to improve the economy. The programs were a response to the Great Depression. They were called the"3Rs": Relief, Recovery and Reform. Relief for the unemployed and poor, Recovery of the economy to normal, and Reform of the financial system. -
Unemployment rates in 1932
23.60% -
Tennessee Valley Authority
Also known as the TVA, it was formed in1933 and brainchild of U.S Senator George Norris of Nebrska. Norris was such an advocate of natural resourses planning. That long-range, integrated approach, which today many call ecosystems management, was embodied in the legislation setting -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S finacial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions for at least $250,000. It was created in responce to thousands of bank failures that occured in the 1920's and early 1930's -
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Created by congress to regulate the securities marks and protect investors. In regulation and protection, it also monitors the corprate takeovers in the U.S -
Entitlement Programs and Solvency
Because it was created during the New Deal, many have credited President Franklin Roosevelt for establishing Social Security. Created during the Great Depression of the 1930's, Social Security was the first "entitlement" program created by the federal government. People most question Social Security durong times of economic distress and election year. -
Social Security and Social Security Administration
Social Security is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability, and suvivor's benefits. -
Judicial Interpretation during the New Deal
The Judicial interpretaion during the New Deal consisted of Legislative proposed by President Franklin to add more justices to the U.S Supreme Court, -
Unemployed rates in 1938
19% -
Unemployment in 1942
4.7% -
Unemployment rate in 1950
6.5 -
Unemployment in 1975
8.10 -
Unemployment in 1990
5.40% -
Unemployment rate in 2009
7.70% -
Unemployment in current
7.9%
