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Black Thursday
This is the beginning of the Stock market crash. -
Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl begins after a large drought, the worst in 300 years. -
Riots and Great Depression Getting Worse
Food riots break out in parts of the United States, Empire State Building has been completed. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt makes the "New Deal" speech in July, and then was later elected as the 32nd US President. -
Bank Holiday
Roosevelt calls for the "Bank Holiday" which closed all banks. -
First New Deal Begins
15 new laws are quickly set in order to fight the Great Depression, Roosevelt launches the New Deal with the Emergency Banking Act. -
Gold Reserve Act
This act prohibited private ownership of gold and doubled the value of it. This changed the previous gold history. -
Soil Conservation Act
The FDR passes the act to teach farmers more sustainable methods to conserve. -
Social Security Act
This act provided income to the elderly, blind, disabled, and children in low-income families. -
The Hottest Summer
12 states experienced temperatures nearing 110 degrees, including four states that broke 120 degrees. That heat killed about 5,000 people. -
FDR Second Term
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to his 2nd term as president and launches the third New Deal. -
World War 2
Germany invades Poland, which begins WWII. The great depression end over the next few years as the US builds up their armed forces.
