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14th Amendment
This was to protect the right of being a citizen. Mainly also to protect former slaves. This amendment helped play a part in the 15th amendment which protected citizens the right to vote. -
15th Amendment
This was ratified in 1870 to protect the right to vote for citizenship in former slaves. Mainly used to protect their right to vote and pursue their rights in political positions. -
Depression of 1893
This depression was mainly caused by the unexpected growth of railroads. Railroad growth was more costly than expected which started a set back in money for a lot of people. People were investing in the railroads not expecting them to go under so fast. So a lot of business around the railroad failed too such as banks, constuction, and business relying on the growth of railroads. -
Presidential Election Wilson
This was an election that was run mainly between Wilson and Roosevelt. Wilson was a democrat and Roosevelt was for Republican. Democrats felt this was a good race for them because republicans were split. Wilson used his New Form ways and won the race by over six million votes. A win for the democrat party after years of a republican. -
Election of 1928
President Hoover won this election by a landslide twenty one millions votes more than Al Smith. Everyone thought Hoover was promising and had ways that would build them up in investments. Less than a year into office the country found itself falling into The Great Depression. Reality of his building up investments were shattered. His response was to Tax private charities and use a military forces to calm down and stop protest in Washington. -
American Stock Market Crash
The stock market crash caused one of the biggest events in history, The Great Depression. This was caused by people over speculating and investing into things without realizing it was going to crash. People started to lose faith in banks and banks started to fail because of the debt. It even put a hurt on international trades. Tariffs were marked very high and caused economic problems.
