Great Depression

  • Relief, Recovery and Reform

    Relief for the unemployed and poor which was an immediate response right after the Great Depression. Recovery of the economy to normal levels and Reform of the economy by installing permanent programs in order to prevent a repeat of the depression. These were used to aid people from 1929 to 1945.
  • Dust Bowl

    1930's. First off, The Dust Bowl could have been prevented with the proper water management and crop rotation. During this event, much of the topsoil used for crops intertwined into a huge dust storm and until 1935, storms continued to roll over states like Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. This was the one of the ultimate forms of the effects of the Great Depression and how much of an impact it had on many states.
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression
    The Great Depression was an economic depression during the decade of World War II. This event started when the stock market crashed in 1929 due to too many stocks being sold and not enough being bought. Overall, it effected the way people lived and put many out of jobs and out of their homes.
  • The New Deal

    1933-1940's. The New Deal was a set of programs and policies designed to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They were created in response to the Great Depression.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States. Within his first hundred days in office, he passed many legislative laws and orders which included the New Deal. The New Deal was a series of programs in order to help the economy recover from the Great Depression. He was also governor of New York from the years 1929-1932.