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Stock Market Crash
The worst market crash in the history of the United States, it kickstarted the Great Depression. -
Pluto Discovered
Clyde W. Tombaugh discovers Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. -
Unemployment 25%
Unemployment reached it's highest, 25%. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
A public works project for unemployed, unmarried men intended to promote environmental conservation and to build good citizens through vigorous, disciplined outdoor labor. -
Emergency Banking Act
Congress passed the Emergency Banking Act which reopened banks as soon as examiners had found them to be financially secure. -
Works Progress Administration
The program employed more than 8.5 million individuals to improve or create highways, roads, bridges, and airports. -
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
It was one of the first relief operation under the New Deal giving grants and loans to states to operate relief programs. -
National Recovery Administartion
Created to make codes of fair practices, set prices, help workers by setting minimum wages and maximum weekly hours, and minimum prices at which products could be sold. -
Social Security Act
A social welfare act which created the Social Security system to provide federal assistance to those unable to work. -
Iconic Photographs
Dorothea Lange visits a pea-pickers' camp in California's San Joaquin Valley and takes photographs of harvest workers. -
Money To Stimulate The Economy
FDR asked Congress to authorize $3.75 billion in federal spending to stimulate the economy. The economy responded favorably over the next few months but unemployment remained high. -
Roosevelt's Third Term
The first president to be elected for a third consecutive term.
