The Great Depression

  • Prohibition Begins

    The day the 18th Amendment went into affect. It made the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    It was a bribery scandal and investigation during the presidency of Warren G. Harding.
  • President Coolidge is elected

    Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th president of the United States.
  • The Spirit of St. Louis starts its flight

    The Spirit of St. Louis took off for the first time.
  • Black Tuesday

    The day the stock market crashed due to most of the country taking all of their money out of the banks.
  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

    A law that raised tariffs on over 20,000 goods imported into the United States.
  • Bonus Army March

    It was a group of 43,000 marchers, 17,000 WWI veterans, families, and other groups. They protested in Washington, D.C.in the spring and summer of 1932.
  • President Hoover is elected

    Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st president of the United States.
  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt became the 32md president of the United States.
  • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

    The day the CCC was established. The CCC was a program providing over 250,000 men with small wages for work, meals, uniforms, and housing.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

    The day President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the TVA.
  • Prohibition Ends

    It ended when the 21st Amendment was ratified.
  • Dust Bowl start

    The year the tragadies of the dust bowl were brought to the country's attention.
  • FDIC

    A U.S. government program that insures up to $100,000 of a depositors money.
  • Works Progress Administration

    The WPA was a program created to provide economic help to U.S. citizens who suffered from the Great Depression.
  • Social Security Act

    The Social Security Act was designed to provide an income for retired citizens age 65 or older.
  • Dust Bowl end

    The year the tragadies of the Dust Bowl came to an end.
  • The Beginning of WWII

    The day Germany attacked Poland, and started the war.