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Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was an act of Congress that granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the U.S., but they were still denied voting rights. The political cartoon illustrates a policeman ordering a Native man to "move on" away from the voting polls since they were not "naturalized" Americans. Although Native Americans were granted citizenship, many abandoned their culture to "fit in." -
Hoover Dam was authorized
The Hoover Dam was authorized to help tame the flood-prone Colorado River to protect cities and farms, provide electricity to supply power to homes and industry and provide work for men in desperate need of jobs during the Great Depression. The map shows where the dam was built to stop the flooding in the cities beyond the dam. Today, you can visit the Hoover Dam and hike on trails nearby. -
Black Thursday
On Thursday, October 24, 1929, several shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange, which became the onset of the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression. Panicked investors were increasing, and stocks began to drop drastically. This day became known as Black Thursday. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday, also known as the Wall Street Crash of 1929, was the day of the most disastrous market crash in all of United States history. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors and making everyone panic. This was one of the causes that led to the Great Depression. -
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Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was initially intended to help American farmers suffering during the Great Depression. As you can see in the cartoon, Willis C. Hawley, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is trying to ride an unstable elephant named G.O.P. The elephant symbolizes the Republicans nicknamed the Grand Old Party. This shows that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act didn't go as planned and worsened the effects of the Great Depression. -
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Dust Bowl Exacerbated
The Dust Bowl was the drought-stricken southern plains region of the United States, which suffered from severe dust storms from 1931 to 1941. People and livestock were killed, and crops failed across the entire region, intensifying the Great Depression and leaving many farming families homeless and jobless. The Dust Bowl was caused by multiple economic and agricultural factors, such as changes in weather and federal land policies. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation was Established
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Bonus Army March
During the Great Depression, many men were unemployed and desperate for a job. About 10,000 hundred men started east, heading to Washington in old cars, trucks, hitchhiking, and freight trains. In the cartoon, you can see that most of these unemployed men were doctors, farmers, laborers, and ranchers who were heading toward BEF (Bonus Expeditionary Force). -
Glass-Steagall Act Waiting to be Signed to Provide Safer Use of the Assets of Banks
The Banking Act or the Glass-Steagall Act is designed to provide safety and effective use of banks' assets and regulate interbank control. Will this help our economy? -
Congress Approves the 20th Amendment Ending the "Lame Duck" Terms
The start of the president's new term is now January 20 to provide for succession plans to keep our state under control. -
Emergency Banking Act
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TVA was Established
During the 1930s, the Tennessee River was uncontrollable. The river shrank during dry seasons, flooded lowlands, and washed away fertile soils during heavy rainfall. The U.S. government created a corporation known as TVA or Tennesse Valley Authority. One purpose was to control the Tennessee River, and another was to bring electrification to the area. In the map, you can see the areas served by TVA power and the watershed areas. Today, TVA is the largest public power producer in the U.S. -
Ownership of All Monetary Gold is Now Under US Treasury
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Gold Reserve Act to help us stop the depression. -
Reciprocal Tariff Act
The Reciprocal Tariff Act was created to negotiate tariff agreements between the United States and Latin American countries, enacted on June 12, 1934. The Act intended to give the president authorization to negotiate with foreign nations to reduce tariffs in return for reciprocal tariffs in the United States. -
FHA Establishes Standards for Home Construction
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Hot Oil Act
The Hot Oil Act, also more widely known as the Connally Hot Oil Act, was a law intended to protect foreign and interstate commerce against "contraband oil" and prohibited the shipment of hot oil. Violators of the law had to pay a fine of up to $2000 and were sentenced to a max of six months. -
Wagner Act
The Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, was signed by FDR on July 6, 1935. It is a labor law that guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engages in collective bargaining, and takes collective actions. -
The First and Ever Social Security Number Was Issued To...
John D. Sweeney, Jr. of New Rochelle, New York, has been issued the first person to have a social security number! Who wants to be the Second? -
Fair Labor Standards Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is an act that establishes standards for employees to ease their mental health and physical health. These standards include the minimum wage, the amount of payment a worker can get as a minimum payment, overtime pay, the payment given to workers who work over their shift, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affect private, federal, state, and local government employees, to protect educational opportunities of minors.