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The Great Depression

By Mayathornton2424

  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    A sudden decline in stock prices in America lead to many American's losing their jobs, houses, money, and all of this instigated The Great Depression.

  • Opening of the Empire State Building

    Opening of the Empire State Building
    It's name derived from New York's nickname, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years.

  • Ford introduces the Model-B

    Ford introduces the Model-B
    It was Ford's first car to use the front-engine layout and was priced at $2000 (equivalent to $52000 today), the Model B was a high end car.

  • Bonus Army marches on DC

    Bonus Army marches on DC
    4,300 people (WWI veterans, their families, and afiliated groups) march to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates.

  • 20th Amendment

    20th Amendment
    The Twentieth Amendment moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the President and Vice President. It also has provisions that determine what is to be done when there is no President-elect.

  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    President Roosevelt establishes the New Deal, a response to the Great Depression, and focusing on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform.

  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment
    It repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol.

  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl
    The Dust Bowl was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought. Many farmers had to move due to the Dust Bowl because their crops would not grow.

  • Huey Long asassination

    Huey Long asassination
    On September 8, Huey was shot by the relative of a political enemy in the State Capitol, and he died two days later at age 42. News of Huey’s death made headlines around the world.

  • Amelia Earhart dissapears

    Amelia Earhart dissapears
    Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan is reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific. The two were attempting to fly around the world.

  • Nazi's invade Poland

    Nazi's invade Poland
    German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and eventually rule Poland. World War II begins

  • Roosevelt is elected for a third Presidential term

    Roosevelt is elected for a third Presidential term
    Roosevelt was reelected for his third and final FULL term because he died during his fourth term. Many Americans were against his third term.