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Black Tuesday of 1929
It was on this day that the stock market crashed sending america into the great depression. -
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FDR's first term
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Bank Holiday
Roosevelts bank holiday -
Franklin D roosevelt First Elected President
FDR's first hundred days -
Tennesee Valley Authority is founded
Authority on iragation and flood control -
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Dustbowl
When drought struck from 1934 to 1937, the soil lacked the stronger root system of grass as an anchor, so the winds easily picked up the loose topsoil and swirled it into dense dust clouds, called “black blizzards.” Recurrent dust storms wreaked havoc, choking cattle and pasture lands and driving 60 percent of the population from the region -
Works Progress Administration founded
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Social security act passed
social security provides money to those who have retired but if you didn't know that, you need to get out of the country. -
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FDR's second term