Great Depression

By acoragray123

  • Mount Rushmore

    Mount Rushmore
    The monument was created to respect the people who formed america to be what it is today. Roosevelt made the production of the carvings a public project to help bring employment back

  • High unemployment rate

    High unemployment rate
    Unemployment lowers to 3.2% for the year

  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    The stock market crash was ultimately the cause of "The Great Depression". The cause was the easy credit which means people purchased too many items with credit and they weren't able to pay off the debt. This issues causes poverty to spread

  • dust bowl

    dust bowl
    The Dust Bowl affected the Great Planes and merged to the east coast.This environmental disaster was caused by three things: Farming- the act of over farming loosened the top soil
    Drought- the topsoil was dried due to the lack of water and became dust
    Wind from Canada
    This put millions of farmers out of business and were loosing approximately $25 million every day. This caused people to migrate out of the great planes but poverty went with them. 2/3 of the population stayed.

  • Radio

    Radio
    The radio had an upgrade and was now able to pick-up signal from coast to coast; allowing rural cities/ towns to be able to listen to the news, world events and entertainment.

  • Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam
    The Hoover Dam was a public project that converted the force of the Colorado River to electricity and produced energy and water for the southwest. This helped the large unemployment rate by hiring 5,00 men

  • The people elected Roosevelt

    The people elected Roosevelt
    Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the election against Herbert Hoover

  • New Deal

    New Deal
    Franklin D. Roosevelt created programs, public projects and financial reforms to put an end to the high unemployment rate during the great depression.

  • Losing banks

    Losing banks
    There were 28 states without banks due to the crash

  • Roosevelt Inauguration

    Roosevelt Inauguration
    Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States of America.

  • WW2 Beginning

    WW2 Beginning
    The fight against Nazi Germany began with their dictator named Adolf Hitler who's ideology consisted of purification of the world. The U.S didn't declare war until 1940

  • Joe Lewis Vs. Max Schmeling

    Joe Lewis Vs. Max Schmeling
    oe Lewis is an African-American boxer who fought against Max Schmeling a German boxer (He was the winner of the heavyweight title in 1936). This symbolizes democracy Vs.dictator, it was also a big deal for African-Americans because the face of America was minority. Joe Lewis won the mach in 124 seconds.