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Stock Market Crash
It was what it was called, "Black Thursday" when the stock market lost 30 billion dollars. -
Smoot-Hawley Act
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. -
Election of Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President of the United States. Hoped to end the Great Depression -
FDR Inaugurated
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THe Emergency Bank Act
Congress passes the Emergency Banking Act which opened up previously closed banks after the Depression -
Dust Bowl
Several droughts occur in America causing many farms to become unusable, forcing many to move to urban areas of the country. -
Re-election of FDR
FDR elected once again as the President of the United States -
Economic Recession
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Social Security Act
Allowed employment of millions of people on public works projects across the country. Financed through payroll taxes -
Neutrality Act of 1939
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. -
"The Grapes of Wrath" published
Book published by John Steinbeck about hardships during the Great Depression. -
World War II Begins
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Invasion of Poland
German tanks and planes began full-scale invasion of Poland. -
FDR Re-elected again
Roosevelt elected once again, allowed because of no term limit. -
Germany's Invasion of Soviet Union
Germany's failed attempt at invading Russia, considered a turning point of the war. -
Great Depression Ends
US pulled out of the Great Depression through war-produced jobs that cause the economy to rise up again. -
United States Joins the War
After the end of the Great Depression, the United States joins the Allies in defeating Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japaneses bombs an American base, thousands of casualties Primary reason for US to join the war. -
Adolf Hitler's Suicide
Ended the Holocaust and Europe to surrender -
Hiroshima Bombing
Nuclear weapons used and forced Japan to surrender.