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Indian Citizenship Act
On June 6, 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act was passed. This act was passed as recognition to all the Native Americans serving during World War 1. It granted citizenship to any Native Americans that were born in the United States. This was significant because many Native Americans had little to no rights. This act changed all of that. -
Inauguration of Herbert Hoover
The 31st United States President to begin office! Hebert Hoover is to be inaugurated today, hopefully brining about a change in American politics. -
Black Thursday
During 1929, American economy was booming. However, as a result of production, unemployment, low wages, debt, and high stock prices, people began to want to pull out of the stock market for money due to the low wages and unemployment and as an assumption that high stock prices will drop. On Thursday October 24, 1929, people began selling their shares. About 12.9 million shares were sold, getting its name Black Thursday by starting the crash of the stock market. -
Black Tuesday
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Al Capone Opens Soup Kitchen
Gangster Al Capone to Open Soup Kitchen? Notorious crime boss Al Capone intends to help those starving from the Depression by opening a free soup kitchen to provide 3 meals a day. -
The Dust Bowl
This map shows all of the places hit by the Dust Bowl. The areas where it is red shows a more significant impact of the Dust Bowl on the land. This is relevant because the Dust Bowl contributed to the Great Depression and mass migration to the north, east, and west. The Dust Bowl would go on to last until 1940 -
Smoot Hawley Tariff Act
This act was signed by Herbert Hoover to raise the tariffs on American goods. It was an attempt to solve the Depression in the United States but ultimately backfired and hurt both the United States and Internation economies. -
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Japan Invades Manchuria
Japan Invading Manchuria! Japan, seeking raw materials decided to invade Manchuria in a long 5-month long siege. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Established
On December 7,1931 a bill established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. It was approved on January 22, 1932, by congress. The goal of this corporation was to provide financial aid to businesses, financial institutes, farmers, and railroads. This was made as an attempt to solve the bank problems and help with aid from the Depression. -
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Bonus Army March
Bonus Army March on Washington! The army calling themselves the bonus army are to march on Washington. This army is a group of World War 1 Veterans who are demanding a payment promised by the government by 1945. As a result of the Great Depression, these veterans are jobless and want the money promised now. So, in turn they decided to march on Washington and arrived in June. -
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Bonus Army March
When they arrived, President Herbert Hoover refused to pay these veterans their requested money. As a result, they decided to march to the Senate instead, but the Senate rejected them as well. This enraged the Bonus Army, as they continued to march on. -
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Bonus Army March
The rising protesters joining the army are between 10-25 thousand veterans. However, as fear continues strikes this nation, people believe this army is a threat to secutrity. The government decided to send the police to stop this protest. On July 28, the men were attacked. It has been said that 2 men were killed from tear gas and abuse. Because of these deaths, President Hoover decided to send the army instead of the police, led by General Douglas MacArthur. -
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Bonus Army March
His attempt to stop the protest made the situation much worse, as MacArthur ordered the burning of settlements.
The people, now outraged at the U.S. treatment of these Veterans, who are only trying to provide for themselves and their families, want a change in leadership. Hurting Hoover and his future campaign, this march changed people's views on veterans as it unfortunately also contributed to a greater sink into the Depression. This is the largest march in history up to this year, 1932. -
FDR Elected
The relevance of this map is it shows that FDR dominated Hoover in the election. Before this election, republicans have been winning elections repeatedly, but this ended that in a landslide. FDR would later go on to make a massive impact on U.S history. -
20th Amendment
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Emergency Banking Act
In response to the banks decline during the Great Depression, an act was passed which closed all banks for 4 days. They were closed in an attempt to inspect the banks of financial stability and to allow the banks to regain the money back so they can pay back the citizens. The Emergency Banking Act ending up being a success, as it restored confidence to the banks. -
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Established
In this political cartoon, it shows the government control over the Tennessee River as well as private owned corporations being "swallowed up" or taken over by the government. This illustrates the relation to the New Deal because it showed the goals and effects of the TVA. The goals were to control the Tennessee River to stop flooding and provide electricity, but in turn it also gave the government a lot of power in that area including power over private corporations. -
Glass-Steagall Act
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Construction Begins
New Connection from San Fransico to Oakland! The construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge begins. As automobiles become more common, this provides crucial change to transportation across the bay. -
Prohibition Repealed
Prohibition Repealed At Last! The passing of the 21st amendment ends prohibition, legalizing alcohol once again! -
Gold Reserve Act
In this political cartoon, FDR is cutting gold and taking it away from the citizen. This illustrates a relation to the New Deal because it shows one of the acts passed, the Gold Reserve Act. This was passed as a way to stabilize money supply, but this act significantly impacted civilians because they could no longer use gold as a spending currency. Hence the political cartoon shows FDR taking gold away from the citizen. -
Reciprocal Tariff Act
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Reciprocal Tariff Act in June of 1934. The act would give the president the power to control tariffs when trading with foreign nations. It was passed an attempt to pull the United States out of the Great Depression. -
Hot Oil Act
The Hot Oil Act allowed the government to control the Texas Railroad Commission in interstate commerce. This was done as a means for the government to be able to control the production of oil. -
Wagner Act
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First Social Security Number Issued
Post of the first Social Security Number -
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Recession
During a very important recovery from the Great Depression, recession hit bringing it near level to what it once was at the height of the Depression. This recession was caused as a result of the reduced federal spending. It led to unemployment of 20 percent. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
The political cartoon shows a businessman sitting down in a cart with a money symbol and with children carrying him, working hard. It illustrates a relation to the New Deal because one of the Acts passed was the Fair Labor Standards act which ban children under 16 from working, creating a minimum wage, and created a maximum hour work week. This means what is happening in the political cartoon cannot happen because of this act.