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WWI begins
WWI begins from the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, by the hands of a Serbian terrorist. Austria-Hungary tries to invade Serbia, but is attacked by Russia. Russia is later attacked by Germany. And finally, Germany is attacked by France, Britian, and eventually, America. -
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The Crash of the Stock market
Goes through the troubling times of the Great Depression in America. -
World War I ends
The first world war is finally over and is declared that this war will end all other future wars. -
Women rights
Women are given the right to vote due to their effort for helping in WWI. -
The World War Foreign Debt
Sort out the issue of war debts owed to the United States, which insists on full payment by Germany and cause the Great Depression among European nations. -
The Great Mississippi Flood
The Mississippi Delta is outlined by the Mississippi River along with its companion, a man-made earthen dam that protects the farmland from river overflow. The steady rainfall filled streams and ditches in the area and saturated the farmland. As the water rose in the Mississippi River and levees broke in other states. -
The Great Depression of America
On black Tuesday in 1929, 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. A record 12,894,650 shares were traded on October 24th and a new record was set on the 29th of 16,410,030 shares. Billions of dollars were lost along with investors. -
The Dust Bowl
A strong dust storm strips the soil from farms. It was one in a series of such storms to plague the Midwest during 1933 and 1934. -
Public Works of Art Project (PWAP)
As a part of the New Deal, the PWAP was headed by Edward Bruce, under the United States Treasury Department and paid for by the Civil Works Administration. More people were getting jobs and making money. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States and a few that came later. They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
The Great Depression ends, WWII begins
The Great Depression ends because of WWII. Since the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt is utilizing automobile companies to build tanks, airplanes, and cars for the military. Many opertunities open up for the poor workers and the economy rises once again.
