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World War One Ends
At 11 o'clock in the morning of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the First World War, known at the time as the Great War, comes to an end. -
Herbert Hoover Is Elected
Herbert Hoover, america’s 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression. -
First Bank Panic
The stock market crash of October 1929 left the American public nervous and extremely susceptible to rumors of impending financial disaster. -
Black Tuesday
It was a cause of The Great Depression. -
Hawley-Smoot Tarrif
It did little to end the deppresion. -
1930 Midterms
The 1930 United States midterm elections were held on November 4, 1930. Incumbent President of the United States Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party suffered loses. -
Food Riots
Hungrey Americans smashed grocrey store windows, take food, and run away because they do not have any other way of getting food to eat -
Unemployment Hits 25%
This increase came less than three years after the rate reached 0.04% in August 1929. -
FDR Is Elected
Represented the Deomocrats and won the popular vote. -
Emergency Banking Act Passed
an attempt to stabilize the economy because of the Great Depression -
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First New Deal begins
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the US. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter. -
First Hundred Days
Sample of the first 100 days of a first term president -
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Second New Deal begins
Added many new acts to the New Deal. -
FDR attempts to "stack" the court
was a legislative initiative proposed by US President Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
US enters World War 2
Was the largest armed conflict in human history.