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The stock prices were falling and Americans began to worry about how much money they had and if it was safe.
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The stock market crashed on a day known as Black Tuesday banks ran out of money and people began to worry if their family would have any money.
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People started to panic what had happened to their money because most banks were filing for bankruptcy and had no money left.
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This act was put in place by Herbert Hoover. He thought this would be a good thing however it made taxes bigger and worsened the depression.
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They were shanty towns built by homeless people during the great depression it was named after Herbert Hoover because they believed he caused it.
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World War 1 Veterans were marching at Washington trying to receive pension. Hoover ordered force with the military to get them out of Washington.
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Franklin Roosevelt wins the election in a landslide. He is put with a big task of getting the U.S. out of the depression.
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President Roosevelt gave us the new deal which helped with the economy and bank reforms along with giving us Mount Rushmore.
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Farmers crops weren't selling and they were losing a lot of their profit but this act provided farmers loans so they didn't have to close.
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The dust bowl were lots of severe dust storms that ruined the agriculture and forced some people to move out west.
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The Hoover Dam was built over a period of 5 years it created a lot of jobs during the great depression although it was very dangerous.
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When Germany started attacking other countries it put the US into war creating a lot of jobs and getting the United States out of the Great Depression
