Wall street crash

Great Depression

  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash

    The major stock market crash that led the U.S. to the great depression.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Lost another 12 percent and 16 million shares were traded and when banks interfered, it worsened the panic.
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Increased 900 tariffs, the purpose was to support U.S. farmers who had been ravaged by the great depression.
  • Major Bank Collapse

    Major Bank Collapse

    New York's Bank of the United States collapses, creating the largest bank failure in American history.
  • Roosevelt Elected

    Roosevelt Elected

    Roosevelt was elected and defeated Herbert Hoover.
  • Townsend Proposes Pension Plan

    Townsend Proposes Pension Plan

    For elderly to boost consumption and employment.
  • Upton Sinclair publishes Treatice

    Upton Sinclair publishes Treatice

    a fictionalized political treatise that lays out the agenda of a communitarian movement—End Poverty in California.
  • Radio Priest

    Radio Priest

    Charles Coughlin's has a weekly broadcast that draws an average of 30 to 45 million listeners
  • Townsend Plan Incorporated

    Townsend Plan Incorporated

    Dr. Francis Townsend formally incorporates Old Age revolving pensions.
  • Long Shoremen strike

    Long Shoremen strike

    A West Coast longshoremen's strike paralyzes shipping and trade in California, Oregon, and Washington.
  • Huey Long Assassinated

    Huey Long Assassinated

    He was killed inside the Louisiana Capitol building.
  • Nazi Rally in NYC

    Nazi Rally in NYC

    The German-American Bund stages a huge rally supporting what they call "True Americanism".