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Alfred E. Smith (democrat) against Herbert Hoover (republican) in the presidential election. Herbert Hoover became president with 444 electoral votes.
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Dow Jones Industrial Average crashed on October 29,1929. People had began to buy on margin and this damaged people's credit.
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Dust storms swept through America. These storms greatly affected the ecology and agriculture. This caused famine and caused families to be stuck inside their homes for days.
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Food riots began to break out across America. People began fighting over food in stores and taking food without paying because there was no way they could get or pay for food.
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Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt introduces the "New Deal". He is then elected president on November 8, and Americans hope that he will end the depression.
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The New Deal programs are in work. Different acts are being passed by Roosevelt from the New Deal in order to fight the Great Depression. The New Deal responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression.
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The Federal Housing Administration is established by passing the National Housing Act. More laws are also passed such as the Gold Reserve Act and the Corporate Bankruptcy Act.
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The Works Progress Administration is established and it creates roads, bridges, and airports. The Social Security Act is signed into law.
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Unemployment falls to 16.9%.
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Franklin Roosevelt was elected for a second term of presidency and the Supreme Court ruled the Social Security Act as unconstitutional.
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Unemployment fell to 19%. The Great Depression was getting worse even with Franklin Roosevelt as president for the second term.
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World War 2 ended the Great Depression. It begins when Germany invades Poland and the depression ends at United States builds up armed forces for the world war.
