1930s

By CurtisShipley64
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    The 1930s

  • The stock market crashes

    The stock market crashes
    Wall Street crashed and the Great Depression started

  • Unemployment is averging out a 20%

    Unemployment is averging out a 20%
    Unemployment is rising.

  • The Star Spangled Banner becomes our national anthem

    The Star Spangled Banner becomes our national anthem
    The Star Spangled Banner became our national anthem on March 3, 1931

  • Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic

    Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic
    She was the first woman ever to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt beats Hoover for Presidency

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt beats Hoover for Presidency
    FDR wins his first term against Hoover.

  • The Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

    The Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
    Adolf HItler rules Germany and starts the Holocaust

  • FDR is inaugurated into office

    FDR is inaugurated into office
    FDR becomes president.

  • Penison Plan for the elderly

    Penison Plan for the elderly
    The elderly could apply for public assistance.

  • Jesse Owens first black to win gold in the Olympics.

    Jesse Owens first black to win gold in the Olympics.
    Jesse Owens overcomes racism and wins the Olympics.

  • Amelia Earhart goes missing and is never found

    Amelia Earhart goes missing and is never found
    She went missing at sea and was never found

  • Unemployment is at 17.2%

    Unemployment is at 17.2%
    Unemployment is going down.

  • FDR wins his third term

    FDR wins his third term
    FDR beat Thomas Dewey in the presidental election.