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Great Depression
There was extreme economic struggles, people had to ration food and water to survive, and materials were scarce -
Art Deco movement
a style of visual arts, architecture, and design that originated in the 1920s and flourished until the start of World War II in 1939 -
Dust Bowl
Low crop prices and high machinery costs caused the dust bowl -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate
This happened to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband -
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem
National anthem officially becomes national anthem -
The worst hurricane in Belize history kills an estimated 1,500 people
Hurricane struck and killed almost 2000 people -
Wisconsin milk strike
A series of strikes conducted by a cooperative group of Wisconsin dairy farmers in an attempt to raise the price of milk paid to producers during the Great Depression. -
Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde
notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana -
Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law
Social Security was made law -
WWII
WWII began, millions of innocent people died