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Share prices on the New York stock exchange completely collapsed
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The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s
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the New York bank of the United States collapsed the bank had more than 200 million dollars making it the single largest bank failure in American history
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the construction of the worlds largest concrete structure employing thousands of people and costing millions of dollars
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Unemployment averages 24.1% for the year.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected
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The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D.
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The 21st amendment ends the prohibition
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A West Coast longshoremen's strike, conducted with significant aid from the Communist Party, paralyzes shipping and trade in California, Oregon, and Washington.
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The Works Progress Administration is established. It will employ 8 million workers over the next several years building things like roads, bridges, and airports.
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Unemployment Falls to 16.9 percent.
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The Hoover dam is finished creating massive amount of hydro electricity and causes the growth of the city of Las Vegas also makes California the largest food producer in the country
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Nazi Germany Invades Poland in September of 1939 and WW2 officially begins
