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The Great Depression
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The Stock Market crashes.
On October 29, 1929, the Stock Market crashed, triggering the downfall of U.S. economic into the Great Depression. This day was called "Black Thursday". -
Unemployed doubled from 1.5 million before October 1929
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New York's Bank collapses, largest single bank failure
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt newly elected president
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Agriculture Adustment Act passed.
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Roosevelt help aids France and Britain in WWII
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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U.S. enters WWII; right after attack on Pearl Harbor