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Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash. the plummeting stock prices led to the losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history. -
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. The planet was seen by a 13 inch telescope. It is the smallest planet and furthest planet from the sun.
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The Empire State building was the world's tallest building until 1972. It was originally occupied by the brownstone mansions. It is known as the most famous sky scraper in the world. New technology made the building of the Empire State possible.
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The 21st amendment was passed by congress on Feb. 20th and ratified by the states. It repealed the 18th amendment to constitution with began prohibition.
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The federal agency that holds responsibility to enforce regulations for the securities industry.
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On Sunday winds reached 60 miles an hour during a dust storm on the Great Plains. An Associated Press reporter dubbed the area the Dust Bowl for the first time after witnessing the storm.
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Damn in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. On the border of Arizona and Nevada. Construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over 100 lives.
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Extreme heat made the dust bowl drought even worst. Parts of texas reached 120F in 1936.
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FDR was elected in a landslide over his challenger Alfred M. Landon. He won over 60% of the popular vote and had 523 out of the 531 electoral votes, losing only Maine and Vermont.
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Germany invaded Poland one week after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. It was also known as the September Campaign, or the 1939 Defensive War. A small Alovak contringent that set the beginning of World War II.