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Postwar prosperity ends. The plummeting stock market prices led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nations history.
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"Planet X" 9th planet from the sun. Was considered a "dwarf planet" in 2006
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Raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels
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Brittish song. Made anthem by Herbert Hoover.
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102 story skyscraper. Also known as the "World Trade Center"
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Son of Charles Linbergh. 20 month old toddler was taken and found later on.
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32nd president of the USA. Greatly improved economy.
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Great amount of people withdraw money from the banks, thinking the system would fail.
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FDR's economic progress in responce to the great depression
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Ban on alcohol was ratified because it could be taxed.
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Federal agency to protect Federal laws
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Provided benefits for the retired elderly and the unemployed.
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"Boulder Dam" is completed on the Colorado river in the Black Canyon. The giant was named after Herbert Hoover.
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Questionable novel. considerd history but was in the romantic history genre.
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Jesse Owens wins gold in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and the long jump.
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German passanger zeppelin catches fire when attempting to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
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Disappeared over the central pacific ocean near Howland Island.
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Halloween scare broadcast about an alien invasion. Scared entire country into moving cities, some even states.
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Book about poor farmers during the depression.
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American fantasy film based on the ideas of the present government
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Germany invades Poland and devides Polish territory.
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FDR wins against Windell Willkie. Wins 54.7% of overall population votes compared to Willkies 44.8%
