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Herbert Hoover was going to become our 31st president of the United States of America in 1929. Hoover was a professional mining engineer and author.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation was a government agency that gave $2 billion in aid to states and local governments. They had also made loans to banks, railroads, farm mortgage associations, and other businesses.
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World War I veteran's demanded their promised bonuses. In 1936 congress finally enacted a bill that paid nearly $2 billion in veteran's benefits.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States of America. On St. Patrick's day, he had married Eleanor Roosevelt.
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The New Deal was a series of economic programs. It was passed in 1933 - 1936.
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Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party. He and the Nazi Party had exterminated over 9 million Jews in the Holocaust.
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The Indian Reorganization Act allowed Native Americans to resurrect their culture and traditions were lost. This was due to government expansions.
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The dust bowl was a lot of dust storms that cause a lot of damage. This was caused by a drought.
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The Social Security Act established benifits for old-aged workers, victums of industrial accidents, unemployment insurence, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and also the physically handicapped. Social Security was passed in 1935.
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Father Coughlin was one of the first political leaders to use a radio. He was hinting over the radio to attack Jews.
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The GM Sit - Down Strike was when workers from Flint, Michigan would sit down on the job. The 44 day strike was a success for the United Auto Workers ( UAW ).
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The Rape of Nanjing is also known as The Rape of Nanking. It was a massacre, where many of people were killed and 20.000 - 80.000 women were raped.
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The Grapes of Wrath was a novel written in the 1930's. It was about a poor family, driven away from Oaklahoma from a drought while trapped in the dust bowl.
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Neutrality Acts were trying to not involve the U.S. in " foreign wars". It had eventually led into World War II.
