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Black Tuesday
On Black Tuesday the stock market crash. This was the beginning of the Great Depression. -
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1929-1940
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1st Food Riot
The first food riot was on January 3, 1931 in England, Arkansas. Groups of people broke into grocery stores and stole food. -
Roosevelt Elected
Rooselvelt was elected for his first term when he beat Hoover in 1932. -
Adolf Hitler Comes to Power
On January 30, 1933, Hitler was elected as Chancellor of Germany. This was the beginning of the Holocaust and World War ll. -
Civilian Conservation Corps is created
FDR created the Civilian Conservation Corps to promote environmental conservation and build good citizens through vigorous outdoor labor. -
US Goes Off Gold Standard
FDR approved the US money no longer being backed by gold in June of 1933. -
Social Security is created
Social Security, an insurance system to provide money for retirement, disabilities, and survivors' benefits, is created. -
Migrant Mother Taken
The photo taken by Dorothea Lange of Florence Owens Thompson and three of her children was taken in March of 1936. -
Pro-NAZI Rally In New York City
20,000 people gathered in Madison Square Garden in New York City to protest for the rights of white Gentiles. -
Grapes of Wrath is published
The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck was about a family experiencing the hardships of the Great Depression. -
World War ll
Hitler invades Poland and WWll begins. -
Franklin Roosevelt is elected for the third time
When Roosevelt won the election of 1940 against Wendell Willkie, the Great Depression was starting to wind down to an end.
