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Hoover was elected
Incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York. -
Black Thursday
when panicked sellers traded nearly 13 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange -
Black Tuesday
share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression. -
Bank holiday
FDR's first act as President was to declare a national bank holiday closing the banks for a three-day cooling off period -
AAA created
was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. -
TVA created
is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development -
SEC created
was created in 1934 as one of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs to help fight the devastating economic effects of the Great Depression and prevent any future market calamities. -
WPA created
was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers mostly unskilled men to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. -
Social security created
This Act provided for unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, and means-tested welfare programs. -
Huey long assassinated
was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and was a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. -
Hoover dam was created
The construction of the dam created work for thousands of people who came from all over the country. -
FDR attempts court packaging
In the Judiciary Act of 1869 Congress had established that the United States Supreme Court would consist of the Chief Justice and eight associate justices.
