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Great Depression Timeline
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Unemployment rate
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Unemployment rate
11.7% -
Langston Huges
(1902–67), US writer; A leading voice of the Harlem Renaissance, he began a prolific literary career with The Weary Blues (1926), a series of poems on black themes, using blues and jazz rhythms. -
unemployment rate
3.2% -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd president of the US 1933–45; known as FDR. His New Deal programs of the 1930s helped to lift the US out of the Great Depression, and he played an important part in Allied policy during World War II. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. Econmoic Failure.Great Depression -
The deportation of Mexican Americans in the Great Depression
One way the Great Depression and New Deal affected Mexican Americans was in jobs. A shortage of jobs in the Southwest led to the illegal deportation of 400,000 Mexican-Americans so that whites could get more jobs or government relief. -
Dorthea Lange
US photographer; born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn. She was known for her documentary photographs of the Great Depression, including “White Angel Breadline” (1932), -
unemployment rate
23.6% -
new deal
The new deal was a program instated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in order to jump start the economy during a time of great strife in the United States. which help americans get job and rebuild thier lives from the great depression. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The Tennessee Valley Authority was created by George Norris. It is the nations largest power provider. -
Judicial Interpretation During the New Deal
The judical branch in the government interprets the constitution, and during the New Deal, the Judicial branch thought that the New Deal had too much control over the people, which was against the constitution. -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The Federal Depsit Insurance Corporation was created in 1933, during the Great Depression and the New Deal to prevent multiple bank failures, and to help the citizens of the United States to but their trust back in the banks after the stock market crash of 1929 -
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
The securities and exchange commission was created by congress in order to help protect investors. -
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American feilds.Was caused by severe drought. -
“Relief, Recovery, Reform”
Relief Recovery and Reform was a part of the New Deal from 1933 to 1936. The point was to help what was happening, get back to how things were, and then try to prevent it from ever happening again. -
Entitlement Programs and Solvency
Entitlement programs first began during the Great Depression in the 1930's. One example of an entitlement program would be social security. -
Social Security & Social Security Administration (SSA)
Social security was made to help people during retirement. Once you're 65 or older you get to retire and you will get a social security check once a month until you die. -
unemployment rate
19.1% -
unemployment rate
4.7% -
unemployment rate
5.4% -
Medicare & Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid are both government programs that is within United States Department of Health and Human Services. Both programs help provide health care insurance to people in the United States. -
unemployment rate
8.5% -
unemployment rate
5.6% -
unemployment rate
10.2% -
unemployment rates for today
7.8%
