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In 1929 the US Stock Market Crashed triggering the start of the Greeat Depression. This was caused by people buying stocks on margin.
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FDR is elected President with a 472-59 electoral vote against Hoover.
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Unemployment peaked in the US at 24.9% in 1933. By 1934 already down to 21.7 %
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The Civillian Conservation Corps is created on this day. It was part of FDRs New Deal program.
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Fisrt year with major dust storms. Caused by bad agrigultural practices such as crop rotation
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Social security is created for the elderly which had a 50% poverty rate in 1935. This act supplied them with economic releif.
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Second Year with major dust storms.
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FDR wins 523-8 in electoral votes beating Alf Landon. This is the 1st time he is relected
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The United States Housing Authority, or USHA, was a federal agency created during 1937. It was designed to lend money to the states or communities for low-cost construction.
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The US entered WW2 for vengance agains Japan and it's allies for attacking Pearl Harbor. The offical declaration of war was one day after the attack.
