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The stock market crashes beginning on October 24 (Black Thursday).
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In Feburary, 6,024 Mexican Americans are deported because of resentment over them stealing jobs from “real” Americans.
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the largest bank failure in the nation's history
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president over Herbert Hoover.
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FDR is inagurated.
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Four-day bank holiday begins and FDR promises Congress will work on saving the banking industry
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The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 is created.
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FDR delivers his first "fireside chat."
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March 12, FDR delivers his first fireside chat
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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) is established.
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The Federal Emergency Relief Administration is created.
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The National Industrial Recovery Act is introduced to Congress.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority is created.
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The Civil Works Administration is established.
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FDR creates the Work Projects Administration.
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The National Youth Administration is set up to help young men and women.
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The Social Security Act of 1935 is signed by FDR.
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Photographer Dorothea Lange takes photographs of workers in California including this iconic one.
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FDR defeats Kansas Governor Alfred M. Landon for a second term as president
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Unemployment rises again, and FDR’s New Deal programs suffer a setback.
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FDR tries to stimulate the economy by asking Congress to authorize $3.75 billion in federal spending.
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Franklin Roosevelt is elected to his third term as president after defeating Wendell Willkie.
