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Great Depresion Timeline

By kadeanderson
  • Hoover Election

    Hoover Election

    Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st President of the United States.
  • Beginning of the Depression

    Beginning of the Depression

    Known as "Black Tuesday", the stock market not only hit its peak just days ago, it plunged to its lowest point.
  • Banks Begin to Fail, New Act Passed

    Banks Begin to Fail, New Act Passed

    -The Smoot Hawley Tariff Act is passed. Many people say this act contributed to the Great Depression.
    - Previous events cause present banks to plummet.
  • The Depression Worsens

    The Depression Worsens

    • Food riots are now breaking out in the USA
    • The Empire State Building is completed
  • Unemployment

    Unemployment

    • Unemployment Rises to 23.6 percent and over 10,000 banks have failed since 1929.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Election

    Franklin D. Roosevelt Election

    • Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president.
  • Black Sunday

    Black Sunday

    A huge dust storm envelops much of the Midwest. The people Call it,"Black Sunday".
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act

    -The Social Security Act is signed into law.
  • Unemployment Falls to 16.9 percent.

    Unemployment Falls to 16.9 percent.

  • FD1R's Second Term

    FD1R's Second Term

    • FDR is elected for his second term as the president of the United States.
  • Unemployment Rises to 19 percent.

    Unemployment Rises to 19 percent.

  • World War II and the End of the Great Depression

    World War II and the End of the Great Depression

    • World War II begins when Germany invades Poland. The depression ends and the U.S. builds up its armed forces.