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People (1)
Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States, 1929–1933
Eras (1)
The Great Depression
The economic catastrophe of 1929–1941 that reshaped American life and government
Events (19)
1900 Galveston Hurricane
The deadliest natural disaster in American history
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
The quake and fire that destroyed a great American city
Boston Marathon Bombing
The 2013 terror attack and the manhunt that gripped a city
Columbine High School Shooting
The 1999 attack that reshaped how America sees school violence
COVID-19 Pandemic
The 2020–2023 public health crisis that killed over a million Americans and transformed national life
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
The worst river flood in American history — and the disaster that built the modern federal government
Great Recession of 2008
The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression — and the collapse that remade American politics
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Atomic Bombings That Ended World War II, August 1945
Hurricane Katrina
The 2005 storm and flood that devastated New Orleans and exposed a broken federal safety net
Oklahoma City Bombing
The Deadliest Act of Domestic Terrorism in American History, April 19, 1995
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack of December 7, 1941, that brought America into World War II
September 11 Attacks
The deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, 2001
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
The 1986 explosion that killed seven astronauts and shook America's faith in its space program
Stock Market Crash of 1929
The financial collapse that triggered the Great Depression
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
The "Spanish flu" that killed more Americans than all the century's wars
The Dust Bowl
The ecological catastrophe that stripped the Great Plains bare, 1930–1940
The Great Chicago Fire
The 1871 blaze that destroyed a city — and rebuilt it greater
The Johnstown Flood
The 1889 dam failure that drowned a city and shamed the Gilded Age elite
Three Mile Island
The 1979 nuclear accident that ended the American nuclear power era
Concepts (1)
Disasters in American History
The fires, floods, plagues, and catastrophes that shaped the nation
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