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Black Thursday prompts the start of the stock market crash, which plunged the country and eventually the rest of the world into the depression.
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Herbert Hoover became president.His policies did little to stop the Depression.
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Since the Wall Street Crash, another 1 million people had been made unemployed. Despite this, President Hoover remains to be positive about the situation
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in Minneapolis, food riots start as people struggle for food. Around hundred of people smash the windows of a grocery market, taking bacon, ham and canned goods with them as they run away
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Dust storms would hit the surrounding states of Oklahoma , putting farmers in the area in a compromising position. In an attempt to reduce their supply and boost their prices, farmers would sacrifice their livestock, which was criticized by the public as a huge waste of food
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President Roosevelt creates the Emergency Banking Act, launching the New Deal. In order to prevent even more terrible failures, the act closed all banks in the United States. Throughout his time in office, Roosevelt would sign many more acts that would aid reform and recovery form the depression.
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The Works Progress Administration is created by the Emergency Relief Appropriation, hiring 8.5 million people to help with the unemployment crisis.
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By the end of the year, the heat waves experienced across the nation had killed 1,693 people, and while trying to keep cool, 3,500 more people drowned.
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The economy started to grow again this year, eventually bringing the country out of the Great Depression. However, unemployment rates were still extremely high.
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In 1939, a Federal Security Agency is made to offer federal education funding, food, drug safety and Social Security, in order to help people try and get back on their feet.