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Hoover was elected as the 31st president of the United States. Eight months later, the Great Depression hit the country, and many people put the blame on him.
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He was a priest and a radio talkshow host. He had been known for apparently planning an attack on Jewish bankers.
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The full name for this is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. It gave away billions of dollars to state and local governments.
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About 15,000 WWI veterans went to Washington, D.C. in order to get money. Their towns were burnt down by the command of other soldiers.
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Roosevelt was elected as the 32nd president of the United States. He was given a heavy burden which was to get the country out of the depression.
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On the morning of January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler waas sworn in as Chancellor. A chancellor is a person who is the leader of multiple nations.
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This was a group of economic solutions that were created to help get the country out of the depression. The main focuses were relief, reform and recovery.
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This insured Native American's rights. It was also known as the Wheeler-Howard Act.
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Because of a drought, the topsoil dried out and turned into dust. Without natural barriers, it was blown east and south. A majority of the Dust Bowl occured in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado.
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This act was signed by President Roosevelt and it was part of the New Deal. It allowed Roosevelt to become the first president to advocate federal assistance for the elderly.
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It is also known as the OASDI. This represents the old-aged, survivors, and diabled insurance.
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Many Neutrality Acts were put into place during the 1930s, One dealt with trading arms and war materials with all parties in a war, and that American citizens traveling on warring ships traveled at their own risk. Others dealt with loans with belligerents, trading arms with Spain, sending aircrafts to Japan.
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The workers in GM plants refused to work. But they did occupy the equipment so that no work could be done.
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This happened during the 6 week period that followed the Japanese capture of Nanjing. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers were murdered. Also, 20,000-80,000 women were raped.
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It is a novel that was written by John Steinbeck. It is set during the Great Depression in the Dust Bowl.
