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1928 Election
President Herber Hoover was elected with the campaign promise of ridding poverty from America. -
Black Tuesday
The most devastating stock market crash in history. Millions lost their jobs and became homeless. This was the start of the Great Depression in America. Here is a first hand account of what someone experienced on this day.
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The Dust Bowl
From Texas to Nebraska, extremely dry farm land created a huge dust storm that killed people, live stock, and crops.It drove many families to flee their farms. The horrible event only made the Great Depression worse. Here is a picture of the dust storm. -
1933 Election
Franklin D. Roosevelt came into office and took charge. By his 100th day in office he signed and got congress to pass 15 new pieces of legislature to try and free the people from The Great Depression.
The man in the left of the picture is the democratic, elected president, Franklin Roosevelt. -
The New Deal
The New Deal was President Roosevelt's first attempt on fixing the economy. It involved multiple new legislatures he passed within his first 100 days in office.
New Deal Video -
The Second New Deal
Some people believed that the government needed to do even more than the original New Deal legislator did. The Second New Deal was designed around new programs that were to relieve the financial, and unemployment stress.
Read more about the Second New Deal paper linked here.
Migration Creation, Diversion, and Retention:
New Deal Grants and Migration: 1935-1940 Paper
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World War Two
The war against Nazi Germany began September 1st, 1939. The war flushed money through Americans slowly reviving economy; giving people jobs and requiring more resources to produced. The United States did not join the war effort yet, but the war had begun. It was the start of this war that ended the Great Depression in America.
To learn more about WW2 click the link below.
WW2 Database -
Pearl Harbor
This is the day the United States officially joined World War 2. The Japanese sent suicide planes to the island of Hawaii to kill the American fleets. It was this direct attack that pushed the call for action.
This photo can be found in the World War Two website provided in the timeline link for World War Two.
