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Market crash kicked off
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Hoover signed the tariff act which raised taxes
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The economy shrank 8.5% and the unemployment rate rose to 8.7%
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Hoover signed the Revenue Act. It increased the top income tax rate to 63%
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the New Deal. It closed all U.S. banks to stop devastating failures
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Forty-eight dust storms pummeled Oklahoma and surrounding states
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It prohibited private ownership of gold and doubled its price
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Protected workers' rights and created the National Labor Relations Board
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Trained and provided loans to farmers
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Hitler invaded Poland, starting World War II
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FDR convinced Congress to repeal the U.S. military arms embargo to France and Britain
