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Great Crash
The stock market crash was the last event leading into the Great Depression -
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Great Depression
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The Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was a giant sand storm that mostly effected the mid west. The dust bowl killed 100s of people and destroyed 1000s of acres of crops. -
Reconstruction
The federal government established the reconstrucition fiance corparation it lended 2 billion dollars to banks ,insurance companies, building and loan associations and farming organizitions . -
UNemployment
Unemployment sky rockets and reaches its highest point 25%. Unemployment has never been that high since then -
FDR takes office
FDR takes office and soon introduces his new deal -
FDR asks for billions
FDR asks congress for 3.75 billion dollars to stimulate the still floundering economy. -
Third times a charm
FDR was elected for a third time -
Time to go to war
After the USA experinced pearl harbor they started to prepare for war which created a big enough economic BOOM to pull us out of the Great Depression.
