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Herbert Hoover is inaugurated in as president of the U.S.
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The Stock Market Crash starts The Great Depression.
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Dust Bowl hits the Midwest. Farmers lose their livelihood and homes. This made the economy even worse after the Stock Market Crash
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WWI Veterans march into DC demanding pensions. General MacArthur uses force to remove them because they didn't have the money they promised.
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FDR wins the election over Herbert Hoover and inspires hope, confidence, and optimism into the people of the U.S.
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Sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end. This made it so defeated President's weren't in Congress for a long time.
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FDR officially becomes the president and immediately implements the New Deal to start relief, reforming, and recovering the economy.
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The first women Secretary of Labor for the U.S. This is huge for women in this time period.
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This Amendment ended the increasingly unpopular prohibition of Alcohol in the U.S. This repeals the 18th Amendment.
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The Second New Deal important because it brought welfare programs such as the Fair Labor Act and the Social Security Act.
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The Hoover Dam was finally finished and would bring water and electric to the West.
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The U.S. joined the war after a surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This event is is important because it helps lift the U.S out of the Great Depression and U.S helped win the war.
