yes
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected US President
- Significance: With US economy floundering, Roosevelt was charged with reversing the Great Depression; having watched Hoover let it slide downhill, Roosevelt was determined to take immediate steps
- Location: US
- PECS: Political
- Cause: Hoover and Republicans largely ineffective in countering Depression and losses in economy
- Effects: New Deal programs, recovery
- Other: None
yes
- The New Deal
- Significance: In the first 100 days, Roosevelt enacted powerful legislation to bring the country out of depression while extending a hand to lift large numbers of people out of poverty/insecurity
- Location: US
- PECS: Economic
- Cause: Depression had caused business failure, poverty, and unemployment
- Effects: Job creation, business revival, bank/financial controls
- Other: Focused on 3 key parts: Job creation(NIRA, CCC), social improvement(Social Security), Economic regulation(SEC,FDIC)
yes
- Warsaw Pact Created
- Significance: In response to NATO, the USSR formed the Warsaw Pact with the Eastern-European communist countries.
- Location: Eastern Europe
- PECS: Political
- Cause: USSR afraid of US and Allies
- Effects: Increased tension
- Other: None