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Black Thursday
Stock Market Crash, start of the Great Depression -
FDR is Elected
In the presidential election, Hoover did not stand a chance at re-election and Roosevelt won by a landslide. -
Unemployment Rate Reaches 9%
The unemployment rate reached an all-time high for this time period -
The New Deal
New Deal Programs such as the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and WPA (Works Progress Administration) attempted to help curb unemployment by hiring people for various projects. -
Farmhand Wokers Wages Dropped
From 1929 to 1933, many California farmhands were laid off and their wages dropped from $3.50 to $1.90 a day. -
Strikes break out in California
50 strikes break out on California farms as farmhands tell landowners ,"You can pick your own crops for $1.75 a day!" Many of these strikes were carried out by Unions such as the CAWIU (Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union). -
Drought of 1934
Massive drought in the mddle of the cuntry devistated farms. The cotton and hay industry decreased. This drought caused the Dust Bowl -
Of Mice And Men Published
Of Mice and Men was published by John Steinbeck. It was very during the Great Depression Era. -
George and Lennie are run out of Weed
George is upset with Lennie for causing them to lose their job in Weed, because employment is increasingly dificult to find. -
George and Lennie Search for Work
George and Lennie arrive at the ranch in Soledad -
Replacement of men by machines
By 1938, half the nation's grain was harvested by mechanical combines that enabled five men to do the work that had previously required 350 -
Normal Rainfall Returned
The rain and replenished the farms that were weakened by the many years of drought. The agricultural industry restrengthened.
