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The causes and effects of the Great Depression and the New Deal.
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There was an unprecedented volume of selling on Wall Street and stock prices plunged.
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Millions of panicky investors ordered their brokers to sell, but almost no buyers could be found.
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This steeply raised import duties in an attempt to protect American manufactures from foreign competition, but ended up harming European businesses.
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This is the largest bank failure to date in American history, and nearly $200 million in deposits disappear.
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Roosevelt wins in a landslide victory over Hoover.
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The First Lady held the first female-only press conference, which was a big step for women.
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These days marked the beginning of the enactment of many New Deal programs.
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Provides navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley which was affected by the depression.
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Era of Prohibition lasted from 1920-1933.
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This established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, and unemployment compensation laws.
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This employed millions of people.
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He is elected to another term in another landslide victory.
