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It was what it was called, "Black Thursday" when the stock market lost 30 billion dollars.
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Was an act implementing protectionist trade policies sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and was signed into law on June 17, 1930. Raised tariffs on imports.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President of the United States. Hoped to end the Great Depression
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Congress passes the Emergency Banking Act which opened up previously closed banks after the Depression
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Several droughts occur in America causing many farms to become unusable, forcing many to move to urban areas of the country.
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FDR elected once again as the President of the United States
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Allowed employment of millions of people on public works projects across the country. Financed through payroll taxes
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Act which lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” More so like lending and paying off in the near future.
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Book published by John Steinbeck about hardships during the Great Depression.
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German tanks and planes began full-scale invasion of Poland.
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Roosevelt elected once again, allowed because of no term limit.
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Germany's failed attempt at invading Russia, considered a turning point of the war.
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US pulled out of the Great Depression through war-produced jobs that cause the economy to rise up again.
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After the end of the Great Depression, the United States joins the Allies in defeating Germany.
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The Japaneses bombs an American base, thousands of casualties Primary reason for US to join the war.
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Ended the Holocaust and Europe to surrender
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Nuclear weapons used and forced Japan to surrender.