The Great Depression/ New Deal

Stock Market Crash

Oct 24, 1929

The people of the roaring 20's excessive spending caught up to them and made the stock market crash.

Dust Bowl

Mar 1, 1930

Draught and poor farming techniques caused the dirt to be picked up by the wind and made life almost unbearable in the farm land of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado.

1932 Election

Jun 1, 1932

Roosevelt beat Hoover in this election with 472 to 59 electoral votes.

Bonus Army

Jul 28, 1932

WW1 Vets and their families protested at the capital to get money they were owed. Hoover refused to give them money and used force to make them leave. This act insured FDR's win in the 1932 election.

Civilian Conservation Corps

Mar 1, 1933

Employed many to preserve and conserve natural resorces by planting trees and working in parks.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Mar 1, 1933

Provided a guarantee for safe bank deposits so people would put money in the banks, keeping them from failing.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Mar 1, 1933

First lady of FDR, was a civil rights activist and saught to increace status of working women.

Bank Holiday

Mar 9, 1933

FDR made the Emergency Banking Act that declared a national bank holiday in order to reorganise and to 'save' the banks.

Fireside Chat

Mar 12, 1933

President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the radio to icomunicate with the U.S. people and inform them of his goals for fixing the economy.

Tennessee Valley Authority

May 11, 1933

Called for building many dams to prevent flooding and to generate electricity to remote areas.

Agricultural Adjustment Act

May 12, 1933

Farmers were paid to only plant a certain amount of their land to increase prices for crops.

Securities and Exchange Commision

Mar 1, 1934

New rules and regulations for the stock market and other finantial transactions because of them being unstable.

Charles Coughlin

May 1, 1934

Originally supported FDR but eventually began critisising him and the banks and created the Nations Union of Social Justice.

Works Progress Administration

Mar 1, 1935

Emloyed many to build public works projects like roads and bridges.

National Labor Relations Act

May 1, 1935

Legitimized collective bargaining for labor unions and limited what employers could do against the union employees. Established the National Labor Relations Board.

1936 Election

Jun 1, 1936

Roosevelt was running to be realected against Landon. He won 523 to 8 electoral votes.

Marian Anderson

Apr 1, 1939

African-American singer who sung to a crowd of over 75000 people and a radio audiance breaking racial bariers.