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world war one ends
world war one ends -
hoover elected president
hoover one presidential election. -
Black Tuesday
day of the stock market crash. -
First Bank Panic
The Panic of 1930 was a financial crisis that occurred in the United States which led to a severe decline in the money supply during a period of declining economic activity. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
hawley-smooth tariff signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels. -
1930 Midterms
the Democratic Party gained 49 seats from the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives. -
Food Riots of 1931
Food riots start in cities across the United States. Hungry Americans smash grocery store windows, take food, and run away. -
Unemployment hits 25%
he U.S. unemployment rate hit 25% in August of 1932. This startling increase came less than three years after the rate reached 0.04% in August 1929. -
FDR is elected
FDR was elected president. -
"First Hundred Days"
Between 8 March and 16 June, in what later became known as the "First Hundred Days," Congress followed Roosevelt's lead by passing an incredible fifteen separate bills which, together, formed the basis of the New Deal. -
First New Deal begins
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936, and a few that came later. -
Emergency Banking Act Passed
was an act passed by the United States Congress in 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the economy because of the Great Depression. Following his inauguration in March 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt set out to rebuild confidence in the nation's banking system. -
Tennessee Valley Authority Created
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. -
Second New Deal begins
improved use of national resources, security against old age, unemployment and illness, and slum clearance, as well as a national welfare program -
FDR attempts to "stack" the court
President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. Roosevelt's purpose was to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the court had ruled unconstitutional. -
US enters World War 2
the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.