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1930s
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Ernest Goodpasture
Dr.Ernest William Goodpasture was a pathologist and physician. By growing viruses in chicken eggs, he helped with the understanding and creation of vacines. Nowadays,vaccines are something most people get throughout their lifetime. -
Britian leaves gold standard
When Britain's first national government had a budget crisis, Britain decided to leave the gold standard.The gold standard was a monetary system in which gold is the standard unit of value. Over the course of the next 2 months hundreds of banks closed in America,making the great depression worst. -
Fireside Chat
Franklin Roosevelt holds the first of his radio broadcast.Used it to explain his policies to the American public,90% of Americans owned radios. Discussed topics such as the New Deal,Aid for Europe,reports on military and domestic fronts during WWll. He had 31 fireside chats between March 1933 and June 1944.This made the public more connected to their president. -
End of Prohibition
In 1920, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment prohibiting the manufacture,transportation,or selling liquors. Prohibition failed to have the intended effectof eliminating crime and other social problems. In 1933,Congress got lef to ratify the 21st Amendment which legalized alcohol. -
Export-Import bank of Washington
President Roosevelt establishes the Export-Import bank of Washington to encourage trade between the U.S and foreign countries. It helped America reengage with the rest of the world,especially Latin America. Both levels of export and import were able to rise. -
Treaty
On this day, the new "Treaty of Relations between Cuba and the United States" is signed. It gave Cuba their protected independence from the U.S.A, but it still let the U.S.A use Guatanamo Bay. This futhered the U.S from Cuba and their trading goods. -
Black Sunday
The Dust Bowl,which was caused by overplowing and drought,leads to several years of dust storms in the Great Plains. Many farmers lost their jobs, and even more residents had to move. One of the worst days was Black Sunday,when 20 massive storms occured throught the Plains and turned the sky black. -
First International Conversation
This can be described as “one small step for man, one big step for mankind”. The first around the world telephone conversation happened on this date. It spanned from New York to San Francisco,Indonesia, Holland, England, and back to New York. The call marked a new era for technology and communication. This is the great-great-grandfather of,the now very popular,Facetime. -
Social Security enacted in U.S
The "Social Security Act" was a bill that generated programs to aid Americans during and after the Great Depression. The bill was signed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Before 1935 not many things were done for people with inability to work. After, more help is offered to the blind,crippled, or old. -
Building of Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam was completed on this day, and it was created to tame the Colorado River. It also worked as a large relief program for people struggling through the Great Depression. Up to this day it provides water and hydroelectric power for the Southwest. -
Recession
it is seem as America's third-worst recession of the twenthieth century. A possiblee cause could of been a contraction in the money supply caused by Federal Reserves. Banks' excess reserves ratios were doubled by policy markers so they can soak up the extra money. -
100 days/New Deal
Once in office, Roosevelt created the New Deal. Between March and June,Congress passed fifteen separate bills,which formed the basis of the New Deal. The bills included a national bank holiday,Federal Securities Act, Federal Emergency Relief Act, and Public Works. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
The act bans oppressive child labor,setting the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and the maximum workweek at 44 hours. For some,this act was a blessing, but for others it was a curse. Now,some workers received more for their hardwork, and got treated better. For some underaged children it limited their hours,others were even left unemployed. -
Beginning of World War ll
The U.S was thrust into WWll after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. For America, the war turned out to be a good thing,because it ended the Great Depression. Since most women were fighting in war,women were given more employment opportunities,including helping to build equipment for the war.Communities conducted scrap metal drives to help build the machinery needed for the war. -
Japanese-American Relocation
A downside to WWll was the Japanese-American Relocation. Many Japanese-Americans had to leave their homes and careers to move to one of 10 internment camps in the United States at the time. Around 127,000 people were movedand it still seen as one of the biggest violations of civil history in the U.S.
