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WW1 Ends
It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved -
Herbert Hoover is Elected
In the presidential election of 1928, Hoover easily won the Republican nomination, despite having no elected-office experience. -
Black Tuesday
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was one of the most devastating stock market crash in the US. -
The First Bank Panic
A finacial crisis that occured in the US which led to a severe decline in the money supply durning a period of declining economic activity. -
Hawley-Smoot Tarrif
It was an act sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels -
1930 MIdterms
The United States Senate elections of 1930 occurred in the middle of Republican President Herbert Hoover's first term. -
Food Riots of 1931
caused major crop failure across the region, leaving many farmers unable to feed their families. -
Second Bank Panic
These regional banking crises harmed the national economy in several ways. The crises disrupted the process of credit creation, increasing the prices that firms paid for working capital and preventing some firms from acquiring credit at any price -
Unemployment hits 25%
This startling increase came less than three years after the rate reached 0.04% in August 1929. -
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First New Deal Begins
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States.They included both laws passed, as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of president FDR -
FDR is elected
He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. -
Emergency Banking Act Passed
This act was passed by the United States Congress in 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the economy because of the Great Depression. -
Tennesse Valley Authority Created
This act was created to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley -
"First Hundred Dyas"
a sample of the first 100 days of a first term presidency of a president of the United States. It used to measure the successes and accomplishments of a president during the time that their power and influence is at its greatest -
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Second New Deal Begins
This term includes programs to redistribute wealth, income and power in favor of the poor, the old, farmers and labor unions. The most important progams were social security, the national labor relations act, the banking act, rural electrification, and breaking up utility holding companies. -
FDR Attempts to "stack" the Court
The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. The central provision of the bill would have granted the President power to appoint an additional Justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, up to a maximum of six, for every member of the court over the age of 70 years and 6 months -
US enters WW2
WW2 started with the attack of Pearl Harbor. During the first 2 years of the global conflict, the United States had maintained formal neutrality
