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World War 1 ends
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1930 Midterms
The United States Senate elections of 1930 occurred in the middle of Republican President Herbert Hoover's first term. With the Great Depression beginning to take hold, Republican incumbents became unpopular, and Democrats gained a net of eight seats, erasing the Republican gains from two years ago -
Herbert Hoover is elected
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Black Tuesday
stock market crashed and was when the prices of stock completely collapsed -
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First Bank Panic
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
was an act sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels.[2] -
Food Riots of 1931
food riots began in part of the U.S., including Minneapolis where men and women demolish a grocery store and take canned goods, fruit and meat. The shop owner is injured. A force of 100 police officers quelled the riot and arrested seven people -
Unemployment hits 25%
This startling increase came less than three years after the rate reached 0.04% in August 1929. although the unemployment rate got almost as low as 10% in 1937, it rose to 20% less than 12 months later. -
Second Bank Panic
closed all Washington state banks and declared a 3 day bank holiday -
FDR is elected
commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 32nd President of the United States. Serving from March 1933 to his death in April 1945, he was elected for four consecutive terms, and remains the only president ever to serve more than eight years. He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. A dominant leader of the Democratic Party, he built -
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"First Hundred Days"
The astonishing amount of ideas and action that began pouring from the White House even before FDR finished his speech was unprecedented in American history -- and it remains so. -
Emergency Banking Act Passed
Following his inauguration in March 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt set out to rebuild confidence in the nation's banking system, first declaring a four-day banking holiday that shut down the banking system, including the Federal Reserve. -
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First New Deal begins
They included both laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term (1933-37) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were in response to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform. That is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression.[1 -
Tennessee Valley Authority Created
to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. -
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Second New Deal begins
In his address to Congress in January 1935, Roosevelt called for three major goals: improved use of national resources, security against old age, unemployment and illness, and slum clearance, as well as a national welfare program (the WPA) to replace state relief efforts. -
FDR attempts to "stack" the court
Roosevelt's purpose was to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the court had ruled unconstitutional.[3] The central provision of the bill would have granted the President power to appoint an additional Justice to the U.S. -
US enters World War 2
the war against Japan, Germany and Italy starting with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
