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Also known as Black Tuesday, began on October 24th and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the U.S.
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The Empire State Building took over 3,000 workers to complete and when it was finished it was the tallest building in the world.
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Area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced. Happened in Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas.
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"The Star Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the U.S. Navy in 1889 and by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson.
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Fireside chats was the term used to describe a series of 30 evening radio addresses given by FDR.
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37th quadrennial pesidential election. Election took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression.
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The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act was passed as a part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's new deal.
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Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers.
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The Social Security Act was passed to provide for the general warfare by establishing a system of Federal old age benefits.
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FDR was re elected in a landslide over his Republican challenger.
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A German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed going to the Naval Air Station base in New Jersey.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt who took office in 1933 was nominated for an unprecedented third term in 1940
