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30's

By sweeny
  • Buy now, pay later menatlity

    Buy now, pay later menatlity

    people used credit to buy things such as stock
  • Herbert Hoover was elected President

    Herbert Hoover was elected President

    he ran for a second term but lost to FDR
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    The Federal Reserve raised interest rates to slow the out of control stock market
  • People tried to withdraw alltheir money out of the bank

    People tried to withdraw alltheir money out of the bank

    The banks had invested all their customer's money in the stock market and since that crashed the banks couldn't give their customers the money
  • A nation in Crisis

    A nation in Crisis

    people lined up to get food because many bussiness went belly up and let all employees go
  • Drifting along

    Drifting along

    People started to away because they thought anywhere would be better than where they were
  • Budget cuts

    Budget cuts

    Even those who were able to keep a job, they received pay cuts and a loss of hours
  • Farmers were hit hard

    Farmers were hit hard

    they were never rich but after teh depresion hit allof their crops and livestock prices fell effecting them even more
  • of mice and men was written

    of mice and men was written

  • Gone with the wind won the Pulitzer prize

    Gone with the wind won the Pulitzer prize

  • Bringing up baby was published

    Bringing up baby was published

  • Cone with the wind became a movie

    Cone with the wind became a movie

  • War of the world played over the radio

    War of the world played over the radio

    People thought it was real