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Unemployment and poverty
At the height of the Great Depression in 1933 24.9% of the US workforce was unemployed. That totaled to 12,830,000 people. The Washington Post cited in one study it was estimated that poverty rose to about 78% in 1932. Many middle- and upper-class families first experienced poverty in these years and many families went without healthcare, dental care, had to learn to make all of their food and clothing or went without. -
stock market crash of 1929
The stock market crashed on October 24, 1929, resulting in economic hardships in the United States. Click here! -
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The Great Depression
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The Dust bowl
The dust bowl was a catastrophic event that took place during the Great Depression. It left many injured and sick from the dust in the air and caused droughts that harmed agriculture. Click here! -
FDR inaugurated president
Franklin D Roosevelt is inaugurated the 32nd US President. -
Fireside Chats
From March 12, 1933- June 12, 1944, FDR delivered evening radio series know as his fireside chats. In these broadcasts he would speak about recovering from the Great Depression through his New Deal initiatives. -
Federal Emergency Relief ACT
In 1933, through part of FDR's New Deal FERA was created as an emergency relief act that offered relief through grants to help aid unemployment. -
FDIC created
Thousands of banks went out of business during the Great Depression, so the government created the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Company) to ensure that no depositor loses funds. -
Prohibition Ends
The 18th amendment which prohibited manufacturing, selling, or transporting intoxicating liquor was repealed by the 21st amendment making alcohol legal again in the United States. -
Public Enemy Era
When you see the old timey movies with the bank robberies think the Great Depression! Many of the true history of old outlaw bank robbers took place immediately before and during the Great Depression. Bonnie and Clyde, the famous robbing duo were shot down on May 23rd, 1934. -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act was signed by FDR on August 14, 1935. The Act created insurance so that workers could retire at 65 and continue to receive income after retirement. -
Economy starts to grow!
Around the middle of 1938 the economy starts to grow again officially bringing the country out of the depression!