Great Depression By Hailey Belman Mar 4, 1929 Hoover Becomes President Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash Jun 17, 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Passes Dec 31, 1931 Unemployment Rises to 16% Jul 22, 1932 Congress Passes the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the Glass-Steagall Act Dec 31, 1932 Unemployment Rises to 24% Mar 4, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt Becomes President Mar 9, 1933 Roosevelt Begins 'First 100 Days' Dec 31, 1933 First New Deal Dec 31, 1933 Unemployment Rises to 25% Dec 31, 1934 Unemployment Falls to 22% Jun 1, 1935 The Supreme Court Declares the National Recovery Administration to be Unconstitutional Dec 31, 1935 The Second New Deal Dec 31, 1936 Unemployment Falls to 17% Dec 31, 1937 The Supreme Court Declares the National Labor Relations Board to be Unconstitutional. Dec 31, 1938 Unemployment Rises to 19% Sep 1, 1939 The Great Depression Ends Sep 1, 1939 Start of World War II
