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Dorothea Lange Is Born
Dorothea was a photographer, mostly known for her photos concerning the suffering of families during the great depression. -
Langston Hughes Is Born
Known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance, Langston was one of the original Jazz poets. -
Unemployment rate
5.2% -
Great Depression Begins
Begining with the New York Stock Exchange, many banks and people began to lose money in 1929. By the mid 1930's so many people were in debt that almost everybody was living in poverty. -
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Great Depression
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Unemployment Rate
4.9% -
Mexican Repatriation Begins
During the great depression, many people believed getting rid of immagrants would help the economy by giving white people jobs. By the end of the great depression, around 35,000 Mexicans had been deported to Mexico. Many of these were legal immagrants. -
Unemployment Rate
7.9% -
Unemployment Rate
23.6% -
New Deal Begins
With so much economical crisis, the current president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, put in new acts called "The New Deal" that prevented people from spiraling into poverty in the future. -
FDIC
In 1933, FDIC was created. FDIC is basically a program that keeps peoples money safe in banks and things. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Is Elected President of the U.S.
Franklin was the 32nd president of the U.S. He is very well known for all his economical changes to help keep people out of poverty. For example, he invented the Social Security plan. -
TVA
Tenessee Valley Authority was put into place during the Great Depression in order to help regulate things like flood control and navigation. -
SEC
Inacted in 1934, the SEC (Security Exchange Cooperation) makes sure that all security laws are followed in exchange. -
Dust Bowl
Begining in 1934 and lasting well through the 30's, the dust bowl was a time period where America and Canada were badly affectedin their famrs areas by many giant dust storms. People died not only from low crop supply, but also from breathing all the dust in. -
Social Security
This is when the scoial security act was established, and it gave financial security to retired people. -
Entitlement Programs
On this day, one of the most well known entitlement programs, the social security act, was put into place. -
Judicial Procedures Reform Bill is Introduced
"Court Packing" is the more common term for what took place in the federal government during the great depression. The goal was to add more justices to the supreme court. -
Unemployment Rate
19% -
unemployment rate
4.7% -
unemployement rate
5.3% -
Medicare
In 1965, medicare was put into action in the US. It is a program that garuntees insurance to people who are retired or disabled. -
Unemployement Rate
6.2% -
Unemployement Rate
5.6% -
Unemployment Rate
9.3% -
Unemployment Rate
9.6%
