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Herbert Hoover wins election
1928 election Herbert won the election -
market crashed
the stock market fully crashed where businesses were worth nothing. -
Dust Bowl
The dust bowl was a huge wave of dust sweeting the nations form west to east. -
Banks fail
after the crash the banks don't have everyone's money because they loan it out to other people so when everyone wanted to get there money out they couldn't. -
Food riots begin to break out
people were rioting and looting for food because they couldn't pay for food. -
The Empire State Building is completed.
the tallest building of the time period and was a way to get some people jobs in the great depression. -
Scottsboro case.
nine teenage boys falsely accused of raping two white females. -
The Bonus Army of U.S. veterans march on Washington
military veterans camped outside of Washington to get there bounces 10 years early to they could survive the great depression. -
The United States moves off the gold standards
franklin Roosevelt thought that since the American dolor devalued and the price of gold didn't. -
Federal Housing Administration established.
Congress created the Federal Housing Administration. The FHA became a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's -
Flint sit-down strike.
Flint sit-down strike against General Motors changed the United Automobile Workers from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union. -
unimpoyment riasing
the unemployment rate increased 19 percent
