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Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore was built as part of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt's government program called the New Deal. -
Stock Market
the stock market loses 12 times more money in three weeks than the government spends in a year. -
Banks
over 600 banks closed nationwide. By 1933, there were 28 states without banks -
Radio
people are connected to the rest of the country through radio -
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Unemployment
Unemployment in the United states went from 4 million to 12 million in two years. everyday 1 thousand homes are repossessed. -
Hoover Dam
A public works project, provided employment for 42000 men. It will provide water and electricity for the American Southwest. -
Las Vegas
A tiny nearby town of 5,000 boomed as construction workers traveled for parties and gambling. Today over 37 million people travle there every year -
Lake Mead
Hoover Dam Creates the largest water reservoir in the US, Lake Mead and allows California to produce more food than any other state -
Dust bowl
a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture -
Farms
U.S. farmers were losing $25 million per day -
Schmeling vs Louis part 1
African-American Joe Louis would face off against German Max Schmeling for boxing's heavy weight title. 57 million Americans would listen to the fight on the radio. Max Schmeling was the winner of the 1936 Heavyweight Title -
Schmeling vs Louis part 2
the rematch was to be held at Yankee Stadium in New York. 70 million Americans would listen to the fight, 100 million worldwide. Joe Louis won the rematch in only 124 seconds, the second quickest heavyweight title fight in history. -
WW2
this would take the Americans out of the great depression
