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Stock Market Crash
wall street fell into a depression -
Eleanor Roosevelt began her work as a social reformer
Eleanor Roosevelt was a key figure in several of the most important social reform movements of the twentieth century: the Progressive movement, the New Deal, the Women's Movement, the struggle for racial justice, and the United Nations
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Dust Bowl
was a period in time where there were severe dust storms -
Hawley Smoot Tariff Act
under the act was the highest in the U.S. in 100 years, exceeded by a small margin by the Tariff of 1828 -
Hoover Dam Built
Hoover Dam, 726 ft high and 1244 ft long, on the Colorado River between Nev. and Ariz -
Mary Bethune made head of the division of negro affairs and national youth administration
She worked for the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, and became a member of Roosevelt's Black Cabinet, sharing the concerns of black people with the Roosevelt administration while spreading Roosevelt's message to blacks, who had been traditionally Republican voters -
Reconstruction Finance Corp
was an independent agency of the United States government, established and chartered by the US Congress in 1932 -
Bonus Army Gassed
was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C -
Federal Loan Home Bank Act
passed under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership -
Franklin Deleno Roosevelt Elected
democratic became next president -
The Hundred Day Began
an act by president roosevelt -
John Collier became comissioner of indian affairs
was an American social reformer and Native American advocate -
Francis Perkins Became First Female Cabinet Member
she was the first women to be a cabinet member -
First Fireside Chat
a speech give by franklin roosevelt -
Glass-Stegall Act
usually refers to four provisions of the U.S. Banking Act of 1933 that limited commercial bank securities activities and affiliations within commercial banks and securities firms -
Wagner Act
is a foundational statute of US labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary -
Court Packing Plan
was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court -
NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
It effectively spelled the end to the Court's striking down of New Deal economic legislation, and greatly increased Congress's power under the Commerce Clause -
Congress of industrial Organization Created
was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955 -
Grapes of Wrath Published
a book by john steinbeck
