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Period: to
1930s
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Black Thursday
The day the stock market crashed -
The Star-Spangled Banner becomes americas national anthem
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation formed
Was established to stimulate banking and business -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time
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Black Sunday
The first time the term Dust Bowl was used was by a news paper reporter describing Black sunday -
Babe Ruth retires from Major league basball
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Of mice and men published
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National Minimum Wage is enacted
Minimum wage was $0.25 per hour at the time -
The United States declares its neutrality in the European war
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Perl Harbor
