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Michigan Timeline from 1930

By kaseyklk

  • Great Depression begins

    Great Depression begins

  • 20th Amendment Created

    Moved the President's inauguration moved from March 4th to January 20th.

  • Founding of the CCC

    Founding of the CCC
    Civilian Conseravtion Corps founded to put young men to work.

  • Michigan's first Civilian Conservation Corps

    Michigan's first Civilian Conservation Corps
    Program to put young men to work during the Great Depression.

  • General Motors Flint Sit-down Strike

    General Motors Flint Sit-down Strike

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor which led to the United States becoming involved in WWII meaning we needed more war materials.

  • Michigan became known as the "Arsenal of Decomcracy"

    Michigan became known as the "Arsenal of Decomcracy"
    Michigan made the majority of war materials for World War two.

  • Mackinac Bridge opens

    Mackinac Bridge opens
    Five mile long bridge connecting the lower and upper peninsulas.

  • Detroit Race Riots

    Detroit Race Riots
    Riots that protested racial inequality in housing, education, and neighborhoods in Detroit.