1930

Fraser Whitney 1930's timeline

  • Herbert Hoover Takes Office

    Herbert Hoover Takes Office
    Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. People often blamed the Great Depression on him.
  • RFC

    RFC
    The RFC was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation administrated by Herbert Hoover. It was made after WWI to aid in the finances of banks, life insurance companies, railroads, and other large businesses.
  • The Bonus Army

    The Bonus Army
    Soldiars led by Douglas MacArthur marched into Washington D.C. to stop the Bonus Army, veterans and their families, from protesting. It was thought to be a parade for the veterans until these marchers started to attack.
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    The New Deal was administrated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was created to help economic problems and financial reform during the Great Depression.
  • FDR Elected

    FDR Elected
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States. During his term, he created the "New Deal" to help during the Great Depression.
  • Indian Reorganization Act

    Indian Reorganization Act
    This act gave certain rights to Native Americans, including Alaska Natives. It gave the Native Americans the management of their assests and other right too.
  • Hitler Takes Power

    Hitler Takes Power
    Adolf Hitler was a German who had political standing and rose to power after the President of German, Paul von Hindenburg, died. After Hitler gained this new power, he then declared himself the dictator of Germany.
  • Father Coughlin Attacks FDR, Jews

    Father Coughlin Attacks FDR, Jews
    Father Charles Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest from Royal Oak, Michigan. At first, he was a major supporter of Roosevelt, but then became a harsh critic of him after he founded the National Union for Social Justice.
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl
    The Dust Bowl is also known as the Dirty Thirties. It was the time in the 1930s where there was a drought, which caused all of the soil to dry to dust. There was then massive wind storms that would blow all of the dust around, causing sicknesses and many people to move.
  • Social Security

    Social Security
    Social Security is a government-based program. It is aimed to assist people who are older, unemployed, or disabled.
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act
    The Social Securty Act was administrated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression. It was set up to give financial aid to the people that needed it.
  • GM Sit-Down Strike

    GM Sit-Down Strike
    This sit-down strike took place in Flint, Michigan where the GM workers sat down on their jobs. The strike lasted for 44 days and gave the United Auto Workers (UAW) industrial union the right to represent and organize its employees.
  • Rape of Nanjing

    Rape of Nanjing
    The Rape of Nanjing, which is also known as the Nanjing Massacre, took place after the Japanese captured the formal capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens were killed and the Imperial Japanese Army raped 20,000 - 80,000 women.
  • The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath
    The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeckset during the Great Depression. It is about a poor family that has to leave their home in Oklahoma due to the Dust Bowl.
  • Neutrality Acts

    Neutrality Acts
    The Neutrality Acts were a series of acts throughout the 1930s. They limited the United States' involvement in future wars after the response to what the US did during WWI.