The Great Depression

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  • Stock market crashed, Black Tuesday

    Stock market crashed, Black Tuesday
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    The Great Depression

  • A lot of droughts and Dust Bowls had began to ruin farmers

    A lot of droughts and Dust Bowls had began to ruin farmers

  • Food riots broke out

  • Congress established the RFC to lend $2 billion to banks

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt beat Herbert Hoover in a landslide

  • Stocks reached their lowest point

  • The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was introduced

  • The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was established

  • The Civil Works Administration (CWA) was established

  • Unemployment reached its highest level, at 25%

  • More than 11,000 banks closed

  • Roosevelt announced a three-day “bank holiday”

  • The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) was established

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt took office

  • The Work Projects Administration (WPA) was formed

  • The Social Security Act was signed into law,

  • FDR was elected to a second term as president

  • FDR asked Congress for an additional $3.75 billion

  • FDR was elected to a third term as president

  • Preparations for World War II begun