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- Collection: HIST 27/127 Great Depression Spring 2026
"Text of Hoover Speech Attacking Communism and Answering Criticism of G.O.P"Evening Star was one of the nation’s premiere afternoon newspapers. During the Star’s 128 years of publication, it was considered the “paper of…
Great Depression SufferingEncyclopedia article about the Great Depression in Georgia. The stock market crash in the waning days of October 1929 heralded the beginning of the…
National Labor Relations ActThe National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 5, 1935. The act…
Tennessee Valley Authority ActThe Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 18, 1933, created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)…
National Industrial Recovery ActThe National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 16, 1933, was a major piece of New Deal…
Social Security ActThe Social Security Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935, established a federal system of old-age benefits,…
Emergency Banking Relief ActThe Emergency Banking Relief Act, passed on March 9, 1933, was a key piece of legislation enacted during the early days of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s…
The MarchThis firsthand account by Jim Sheridan describes his experience traveling with Bonus Army marchers during the Great Depression. Sheridan recounts…
Message to Congress on Unemployment ReliefIn this message to Congress delivered on March 21, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a large-scale federal response to unemployment…
In this message to Congress delivered on March 21, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a large-scale federal response to unemployment…