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The initial stock market crash before the turn of the decade.
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Then in the last 60 days of 1930, 600 banks closed all over the US. By 1933, 28 states didn't have banks.
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From the years of 1930 to 1936, the Hoover Dam was constructed but originally began under Hoover's administration
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During the years of 1930 - 1936, the combination of severe winds, over farming, and drought caused this. It spanned over many states in the Midwest.
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Roosevelt took office in early 1931.
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A group of roughly 43,000 demonstrators congregated outside of Washington D.C. Hoover utilized force to disband the crowd.
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Early into his administration, Roosevelt began his new deal program in an attempt to bring the country out of the depression.
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Within his first 100 days of his administration, FDR passed 15 bills.
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The worst storm during the entire dust bowl.
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Federal law that made the government pay farmers for growing soil erosion preventing crops.
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FDR establishes the Fair Labor Standards Act
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Roosevelt begins his second term in office.