A Long Way from Chicago and the Great Depression

America in the Great Depression

Period: Nov 1, 1918 to Sep 2, 1945

WWI Ends

Nov 11, 1918

Roaring Twenties

Jan 1, 1920

-Economy flourished
-People invested in stock market
-Bought on credit
-Time of big bands
-Prohibition
-Gangsters such as Al Capone

Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Grond

Aug 1, 1929

A Long Way From Chicago

Period: Aug 1, 1929 to Aug 1, 1942

Stock Market Crashes / Great Depression Begins

Oct 29, 1929

-Stock market crashed
-"Black Tuesday"
-Valentines day massacre (gangsters)

Economy Slows

Jan 1, 1930

-"The Great Depression"
-Banks failed
-People lost jobs and homes
-"Hoovervilles" - hobo villages
-Breadlines
-Drought began in Great Plains
-Golden age of radio

The Mouse in the Milk

Aug 1, 1930

Freight Car Migrants

Jan 1, 1931

A One-Woman Crime Wave

Aug 1, 1931

The Day of Judgement

Aug 1, 1932

FDR Elected

Nov 1, 1932

-"The New Deal" job corps
-Prohibition ends
-"Happy Days are Here Again" -popular song

New Deal / Public Works Project

Mar 1, 1933

-"The New Deal" job corps
-Prohibition ends
-"Happy Days are Here Again" -popular song

The Phantom Breakman

Aug 1, 1933

Dust Bowl

Jan 1, 1934

-Drought = Dust bowl
-People headed to California for jobs

Things with Wings

Aug 1, 1934

Centennial Summer

Aug 1, 1935

FDR Reelected to 2nd Term

Nov 1, 1936

USA Enters WWII / Great Depression Ends

Dec 7, 1941

-Pearl Harbor in Hawai'i bombed
-U.S. enters WWII
-Men and women have jobs
-End of The Great Depression

The Troop Train

Aug 1, 1942

WWII Ends

Sep 2, 1945

-WWII ends
-Allies win
-Troops came home
-Baby boom of 1950's begins