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Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam gets Congressional approval as part of a 700M public works program -
Election of 1928
Alfred E. Smith vs. Herbert hoover. Many Americas believed Hoover when he said "We in Americans are nearer to the final triumph over poverty then before." Hoover won the election -
Stock Market
The stock market peaked then fell. The confidence of the stock market started to drop -
Stock Market
The stock market crashed and panicked investors unloaded their shares -
Stock Market
Black Tuesday which was five days after the stockmarket crash, banks flodded with people trying to get their money out of the accounts infear of loosing it all -
Congeressional election
Democrats took advantage of anti-Hoovers sentiment to win more seats in Congress. Republicans thus lost control of the majority of the senate dwindled down to one vote -
Bankrupt buisnesses
The nations gross national products total output of goods and services was cut nearly in half from 107 billion and 59 billion and 90,000 buisnesses went bankrupt -
WWI veterans
Bonus Arm was WWI veternas who took their families to the Nation's capital to support the Paton Bill. Bill was to pay soilder an average of 500 -
Schools Shutdown
2,600 schools across the nation shutdown -
Banks Failed
11,000 of the nations banks failed