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hoover is elected
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the stock market plummets and all stocks drop by massive percentages thus starting the great depression
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massive dust storms sweep the us and destroy crops
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4th largest bank in the US and the largest bank closure in history at the time; just one of the hundreds of other bank closures
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As the depression worsens, WW1 vets march on washington and demand their pensions guaranteed by their service, only to be disbanded semi violently by the same army they served in
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FDR becomes president and with his new deal will lead the US out of the depression and eventually most of ww2
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unemployment reaches 24.9% globally
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FDR commences the New Deal, a series of programs and projects aimed to get the US out of the economic slump
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the EBA is enacted, saving and reopening hundreds of banks that have closed or were on the brink
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social security act is enacted providing a way for people to survive on money from the government if they are senior citizens or on tough times
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Germany invades Poland setting off a chain of events leading to the US getting involved and in the end getting the US out of the depression. 405,000 American Servicemen and women die
