On DEcember 5, 1941, the Japan nation attacked Pearl Harbor. Japan bomb and destroyed the harbor. In responce to this attack, US declaired war on Japan. Later Germany and Italy declaired war on the US. This is important because after this, the US was now fully involved in the second world war, and the entry created jobs for American's
Roosevelt was the only prsident with a third term. This is because the 22nd admendment prohibitied a president to only two terms. This is important because it shows that most people liked him as the president.
The Wizard of Oz is a movie about a farm girl hat has a dream about a magical land, where she meets new freinds and tries to get back home. This is important because everyone wanted to go to a different land and get away from their troubles.
The Supreme Court was stopping many New Deals that Roosevelt made. He decided to try to put different justices on the bench. These justices would be pro-New Deal. The bill failed in a 70 - 20 vote. This is important because it showed that Roosevelt's power was limited.
During the first 100 days of his presidental term, he made new programs. These programs were called the New Deals. Some of the New Deals were: WPA, PWA, CCC, and the AAA. This is important because it gave govermental support to poor people.
In Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address, he stated his plan for the future of the Execuative brach of he government. He planed to declare war on the depression. Here is where he made his quote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." This is important because it gave the American people hope in the plans he had.
A bank rush is when customers of a bank fear that the bank is going to go out of buisness and rush to the bank to get their money. When this happened in the 1930s, everyone went to the bank and took out all their money out. This caused banks to close at rapid rates. This is important because the bank didn't have the money, so people were not given their money back.
Many farmers had trouble farming during the Great Depression because of the dust bowl. The duat bowl made 1.7 million famers leave their farms and go to California to farm. This caused to many crops to be produced. To help with this, the government set up a program to reduce the amount of produce made each year. This is important because it made the Government make new programs to help with this problem.
The dust bowl was a drought in the midwest. Because of no crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops. This led to nothing keeping the soil to the ground. When the winds came , they whipt up the dust and blew it acrossed farms. This is impotant because it made it harder for farmers to farm and it caused many farmers to migrate to other areas.
In the twenties, the stock market boomed. Many investors to stock at this time. But in 1929, the stock prices started to go down rapidly. When people saw the rapid decrease, they ran to banks to take their money out. The problem with this is that the bank used depositer's money and invested it. With no money, banks forclosed and people felt poor. This was important because it lead to lost of money and they did not have enough money to buy products.
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