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The Great Depression

  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday

    On October 24,1929 Investor were sold off vast amounts of their stocks, and kicked off stock market crash
    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blackthursday.asp#:~:text=Black%20Thursday%20is%20the%20name,lasted%20until%20October%2029%2C%201929.
  • Period: to

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression started on the black thursday in 1929, the economy started to grow again in 1938 and the great depression is over
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl

    The severe dust storms damaged the agriculture of the U.S. during the 1930s. A drought hit 23 states from the Mississippi River to the mid-Atlantic region.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
  • Smoot-Hawley Act

    Smoot-Hawley Act

    On June 17,1930, the U.S. legislation rasied import tariffs to protect American Business and agriculture industry.
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Smoot-Hawley-Tariff-Act
  • FDR become the president

    FDR become the president

    On March 4,1933, Franklin Delano Rossevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, which at the height of the Great Depression
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act

    The new Deal of Social Security Act launched by FDR,establish a national employment system, which to reverse the downward economic spiral.