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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Gave $2 billion in aid to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations and other businesses. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Began her work as a social reformer. -
Stock market crash
The stock market crashed giving the name black tuesday, it signaled 10 year great depression. -
Hawley-Smoot Tarriff Act
Raised Tariffs on 20,000 goods to record levels -
Federal loan bank act
Lowered cost of home ownership -
Glass-Steagall Act
Four provisions of the U.S. Banking Act of 1933 that limited commercial bank securities activities -
John Collier
He Became Commisioner of indian affairs -
Frances Perkins
Became first female cabinet member -
FDR Elected
Francklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President -
100 Days
100 day plan by FDR to measure his effectivness in office. -
First Fireside Chat
First informal address by Roosevelt to citzens -
Mary Bethune
She was made head of the Divison of Negro Affairs and the National Youth Administration -
Dust Bowl
A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canada. -
Wagner Act
Basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions -
Boulder Dam(Hoover Dam)
Hoover dam built and dedicated impounding Lake Mead. -
Court-Packing
Proposed to add more justices to Supreme Court -
NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Determined National Labor Relations Act of 1935 was constitusional. -
Grapes Of Wrath
Grapes of Wrath was written by John Steinback and set during great depersion. -
Congress of industrial organization created
Congress of industrial organization created, and organized industrial unions. -
Bonus Army Gassed
Bonus army Shot and Tear gassed resulting in casulties of many people including a baby.
