The Great Depression
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Updated: 4 Dec 2017
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Created byAiden Gilbert
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The Stock Market CrashesFDR is elected governor of New YorkHawley-Smoot tariff passed.Empire State Buildig opens for business.Employers completely abandon
pledges to stop slashing wages.Drought sweeps Great Plains.Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) established.Bonus Marchers march on DC.The Gold Standard is abandoned.Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC) established.Tennessee Valley Authority is established.Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) is established.Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) is passed.Federal Emergency Relief Agency (FERA) is established.Public Works Administration (PWA) established.Civil Works Administration (CWA) established.National Recovery Administration (NRA) is established.Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) is established.CWA is cancelled in court.Supreme Court strikes down NIRA.Social Security Act is passed.Court-packing bill is defeated.Fair labor standards Act is passed.Grapes of Wrath is published by John Steinbeck"Roosevelt Recession" begins.FDR is elected president.
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