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The Stock Market Crash
The stock market crashed people who had stocks worth millions were worth 10 dollars bythe end of the day.25 percent unemployed and lasted until 1941 -
Dust bowl
3 tons of dust swept through the U.S.and it got all the way to manhattan. mostly caused by farmers cause the soil was bone dry. -
Hoover Dam
A public work project that gave work to around 5,000 men.It provided water and electricity for the american southwest. -
March on Washington
Many war veterans had been out of work since the great depression, so they gathered and demanded pensions. General Douglas Macarthur removed them with force. -
1932 Election
Franklin D. Roosevelt beat out Herbert Hoover in a landslide. Roosevelt won because he promised national relief in his campain and a majority of americans bought into -
New Deal
The "New Deal" was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was a response of the Great Depression -
Night Game
The Reds and the Phillies play in the first ever night baseball game. Night games changed baseball because after the stock market crashed theyneeded a new way to stay relevant night games did that. -
Social Security
Social security was an act that created social insurance program to pay retired workers at age 65 or older for acontinued income after retirement. -
Schmeling Vs Lewis Round 1
Lewis was the hope of all african americans. 57 million americans listened to the fight, Schmeling won the first round. -
Golden Gate Bridge
in 1927 the Golden Gate bridge was constructed, it was a symbol to the bay area of the progress they had made in the economic crisis. -
Fair labor
The act made a minimum wage and 44 hours weekly for workers. It also tackled child labor. -
Heavy Weight Title Rematch
A rematch between Schmeling and Lewis. It took place at yankee stadium and represented Good Vs Evil and Schmeling represnted hitlers terror and Lewis represented American hopes and dreams also Democracy
