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Black Tuessday
Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash. The plummeting stock pices led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history. -
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The Great Depression Time Line
Events that happened during the great deopression. -
Planet Pluto is Discovered
Pluto is knows as the second-most-massive known dwarf planet in our solar syatem. Pluto is thought to be entirely made up of ice and rock. Pluto has 5 known moons. -
Hawley-Smoot Tarif
It was an act, sponsored by senator Reed Smoot and representative Willis C. Hawley. -
Star-Spangled Banner Becomes the National Anthem
It was written in 1814 by a 35 year old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scoot Key. -
Empire State Building is Completed
Its the 3rd tallest building. It stands 200 feet. the Empire state building is a102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan. It was the world's tallest building for 40 years, -
Run on the Bankes
When the stock marked went down many people went to the banks to collect their money that they had invested in stock. But with so many people came to collect their money the banks ran out of mone, which put the economy down. The Bank Runs helped cause the Great Depression. -
Lindbergh Baby is Kidnapped
20 month old abducted from his family home. Over two months later the body was found May 12,1932. It was the biggest crime of the centuary. -
New Deal
The New Deal was a bunch of programs between economic 1933 and 1936. The New Deal focused on what historians call the 3 R's which were Relief, Recovery, and Reform. The New Deal halped the Deomocratic party raise to the top. -
21st Amendment
the 21st amendement was an amendment that let nation sell alcohol once again. It was one of the only amendments to cancel another amendment. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt is Elected President
FDR is one of the most known presidents. FDR was elected for 4 terms which is longer than any other president, because of this there is now a law that states that a persident cn only servee for 2 terms. -
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is Established
The SEC's main responsibility is to enforc the federal securities laws, watch the nations stock options and regulating the securities industry. the SEC was created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act was created and signed by F.D. Roosevelt and was created to give federal assistance to the elderly, retirees, unemployed, widows, and fatherless children. The to support this act is provided through a tax on employers and a tax on workers' wages. -
Hoover Dam is Completed
It was dedicated on 9/30/1935 by President Franklin D Roosevelt 5 yr after building began. It was built during the Great Derpression by 1000's of workers and cost over 100 lives and $49 million. It was named after President Hoover. -
Gone With the Wind is Published by Margaret Mitchell
A book about a wealthy Georgia plantation owner, Scarlett O'Hara, who was left devestated during the Civil War and has to use every possible means to come out of poverty. Mitchell wrote the book while recovering from an auto crash taking about 10 yr to complete. It was the only book she ever wrote. She wrote the ending first and then wrote about the events leading up to the ending. -
Jessie Owens Wins Four Gold Metals at Berlin Olympics
American track & field athlete who in 1936 at age 23, won 4 gold metals at the Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He showed the Germans that Hitler's idea of "white supremacy" was false. He is also responsible for the Jesse Owens Award, USA Track & Field's highest yearly award. -
FDR is Re-Elected
FDR ran against and beat with 60.8% of the votes, Al Landon, Govenor of Kansas. His campaign platform was his New Deal programs and his supporters were Democrats, small farmers, southerners, Catholics, blacks, Jews labor unions, and political liberals. -
Amelia Earhart Disappears
Earhart's goal was to fly around the globe in a Lockheed Model 10 Electra, a 29,000 mi flight. However, her plane disappeared over the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island about 1700 mi SW of Hawaii. Her plane or body was never found nor was the exact reason of this failure ever known for sure. She was 39 yr old and had previously set many aviation records. -
War of the Worlds Brodcast
An evening radio broadcast (no TV yet) by Orson Wells of a make believe story that had listeners honestly believing Martians had landed in downtown New York city and were invading,destroying and terrorizing the people there. Listeners across the nation panicked and were hysterical over what they were hearing. It was all a plot to increase business. -
Grapes of Wrath is Published by John Steinbeck
A novel written in 1939 won the Nobel Prize in 1962. The story took place during the Great Depression and is about a poor family of farmers who left Oklahoma and set out for California for a better life, jobs, land, and a future. They suffered great oppression and hardships. -
Hindenburg Crashes
German passenger airship that caught fire while trying to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey. There were 97 people on board; 35 were killed. The airship departed from Frankfurt, Germany. The cause of the disaster is unknown, but there are several reasons noted. -
The Wizzard of Oz is Released
Named the most watched motion picture in history by the Library of Congress and ranked one of the 10 best movies of all times. The film was the most costly production up to this time. It lost winning the Best Picture award to Gone with the Wind at this time. -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland with a vengence to regain lost land using the "blitzkrieg" strategy. Polish forces were under equipped and their military strategies and equipment out dated. This invasion marked the beginning of World War II.
