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Hoover was elected in March 1929 just before the great depression -
throughout these 4 years 9,000 banks one-third of all us banks closed
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the worst day of crash of the stock market over 16 million shares were sold -
during the great depression many people lost their homes leading to the creation of Hoovervilles or houses made from left over scrap and trash in communities of multiple makeshift towns -
the dust bowl was a period of severe dust storms across the prairies of America and Canada due to over farming drought and destruction of native farming this lasted from 1930 to 1936 -
a tariffs passed to protect american farmers and manufacturers during the great depression -
9 African American ages 13 to 21 were accused falsely of rape over many years they went through many trials leading to 4 being found not guilty and the other 5 receiving lengthy prison sentences -
world war 1 veterans marched to Washington demanding early bonus payments but President Hoover refused this lowered his support -
he believed people should deal with things themselves and lessened government help -
he launched the new deal a series of of government programs and reforms designed to provide relief recovery and reforms -
a group of African american government officials under FDR used to help with racial issues -
Franklin d Roosevelt made this holiday to stop panic and would inspect banks and reopen them if financially sound -
this was the first of a series of direct radio addresses to the us people through radios it was used to sooth the American mind during the great depression -
Federal deposition insurance corporation was created to ensure peoples deposits -
this reversed the assimilation policies of the past by ending the forced allotment of tribal lands and giving natives the right to self-determination -
created the federal housing administration to provide mortgages, housing markets, a construction industry and more -
this act passed by FDR gave pensions to the elderly , unemployment insurance, and aid to the disabled -
this was the longest anyone has ever been in office he served till his death