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The last president of the Roaring Twenties and the first president of the Great Depression was elected on this day; everyone despised him during the Great Depression
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The Wall Street Stock Market crashed on this day, putting the Great Depression into high gear.
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The worst economic crisis in American history, and lasted for a whopping 12 years.
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This was referring to the precipitous drop in the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on this day
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This raised tariffs on imported goods.
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Japan needed raw materials, so they invaded Manchuria to access said raw materials.
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Numerous WWI veterans protested near the White House, demanding the government to give them their bonuses, which were intended to be given to them in 1945.
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This was an amendment that established that the day of presidential inaugurations would be January 20th.
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Hitler became chancellor, ending the Weimar Republic's reign in Germany.
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Roosevelt won the election of 1932, so he ended up being inaugurated as president on this day.
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This was established during FDR's first fireside chat, where he explained they closed banks on this day to make sure they're functioning properly.
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This was a passed in the midst of the Great Depression that took steps to stabilize and restore confidence in the U.S. banking system
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Legalized light alcohol no more than 3.5% concentration by weight, and put a $5 tax on each barre
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This provided low-interest farm loans and mortgages to prevent foreclosures on the property of indebted farmers
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This employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefited the public, planting trees to reforest areas, building levees for flood control, and improving national parks, you know, working on public works
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This was intended to increase farmers' purchasing power by reducing surpluses of agricultural products to encourage prices to rise back to levels; it was later declared unconstitutional in the Schechter v. USA case
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This was created to alleviate household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs in local and state government
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This controlled the flood waters of the Tennessee River to improve navigation.
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This provided mortgage relief to home owners at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure.
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This insured individual deposits up to $5000, thereby eliminating the epidemic of bank failure and restoring faith to banks.
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This was designed to reduce unemployment and increase purchasing power through the construction of highways and public buildings.
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This was a U.S. government agency established by FDR to stimulate business recovery through fair-practice codes during this time.
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The USA recognized the USSR (even though the USSR has been a thing for a decade or two at the time)
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This rectified the 18th and made the drinking age 21.
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This documented the huge profits that arms factories had made during the war. Essentially, they investigated arms manufacturers and bankers of World War I, and deduced that money was the sole reason America was involved in WWI.
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This established that the Philippines would be an independent nation starting July 4, 1946
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This act decreased government control over Native American affairs, encouraging written constitutions, self-government, and a credit program to foster land purchases, education, and tribal organization
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This insured bank-issued loans for home building and home buying.
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This declared FDR's AAA unconstitutional
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This employed more than 8.5 million people on 1.4 million public projects in an attempt to relieve the economic hardship of the Great Depression
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Employees can join unions, yay.
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This created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement
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You can't give weapons to warring nations, pal.
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Italy invaded Ethiopia of all places which was later liberated by the allies.
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You can't sell arms to warring nations, pal.
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This encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms; it was a flop.
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This was a military revolt against the republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country.
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You can't buy war bonds from warring nations, pal.
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Essentially, FDR concluded that us democracies should try and contain the forces of fascism; this didn't work, like, at all and people mocked this speech.
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Thanks, Neville Chamberlain, you gave Germany what you wanted, that being the Sudetenland, which may or may not lead to a war in September of the following year.
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Francis Franco became ultra powerful following the end of the Spanish Civil War.
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This was a non-aggression pact signed by Stalin and Hitler; essentially, Hitler cannot invade the Soviet Union by any means.
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Hitler invades Poland which went against Neville Chamberlain's deal, so Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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During summer of 1940, Britain was the only European nation NOT to be infested with the Nazi scum.
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Essentially, the draft from WWI returned, yippee.
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In typical GI Joe fashion, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan join forces to create the Axis Powers.
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FDR won, no big surprise.
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Allied forces can now get American supplies to fight the Axis Powers
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The Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, essentially violating their non-aggression pact they signed with Stalin
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Essentially, Winston Churchill and FDR can meet anytime to discuss wartime matters.
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With the Nazi attack on the Greer, FDR ordered American Navy to sink Axis Power military vessels.
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, one of America's naval bases, enough said.
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Outraged, America declared war on Japan, which by extension meant they waged war with the other two members of the Axis Powers.
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Japan declared war on the USA, so logically, Germany and Italy soon followed.
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The Japanese attacked a US base on Midway, the Americans fought back, the Americans won, and it ultimately ended Japanese expansion.
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These were a bunch of nuclear bomb tests done in secret within America.
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Essentially, Churchill and FDR made this decision during this conference
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The plans of this conference became the impetus of D-Day, or Operation: Overlord.
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The Allied Forces stormed the French beach of Normandy; several months later, they succeeded in liberating France from Nazi control.
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Our first attempted and failed invasion of Japan; first instance of Japanese kamikaze pilots.
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FDR won this election, which broke the 2-term tradition
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This was a battle that was the bloodiest in WWII, which happened in the Ardennes region between Belgium and Luxembourg; the Allies was victorious. This was the last major offensive attempted by the Axis powers on the Western front.
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Essentially, these were plans that foreshadowed Germany's unconditional surrender and the eventual creation of the United Nations.
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Last couple of days of Japan fighting the Americans; they resorted to kamikaze fighting during this war.
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FDR died of a stroke this day, much to the sorrow of the majority of the American public.
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As the Soviets close in on Berlin, where Hitler's bunker is located, he decides to commit suicide to avoid the Soviets' wrath.
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A week after Hitler committed suicide, Germany surrendered, leaving Japan as the last man standing.
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Essentially, this whole conference was one thing: what to do with Germany now that it's effectively crippled?
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We bombed two Japanese cities to the point where they were completely leveled thanks to the power of atomic bombs.
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At long last, Japan surrendered, with the condition that Hirohito remains the emperor.
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The UN was created with 15 nations at the helm.