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Stock Market Crash (Black Friday)
Was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States -
Dust Bowl
Was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
Was an act sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative. -
Boulder Dam (hoover Dam) Built
Is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Was an independent agency of the United States government. -
Mary Bethune Made Head of the Division of Negro Affairs and the National Youth Administration
Was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for African-American -
Federal Loan Home Bank Act
Is a United States federal law passed under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership. -
Federal Loan Home Bank Act
Is a United States federal law passed under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership. -
Bonus Army Gassed
Was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers -
Frances Perkins Became First Female Cabinet Member
The first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Elected
Was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 32nd President of the United States. -
First Fireside Chat
Were a series of thirty evening radio addresses given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt -
The Hundred Days began
Marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile. -
John Collier Became Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Was an American social reformer and Native American advocate. -
Glass-Steagall Act
An act the U.S. Congress passed in 1933 as the Banking Act. Prohibited commercial banks from participating in the banking business. -
Wagner Act
Is a foundational statute of US labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade -
Congress of Industrial Organization Created
Was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada. -
Court-Packing Plan
Was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. -
NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
was a United States Supreme Court case that declared that the Act was constitutional. -
Grapes of Wrath Published
After the American Civil War, the United States government issued a large amount of public debt to finance construction.
