Great Depression By LegionOfMeh Nov 11, 1918 World War One ends Period: Apr 15, 1920 to Apr 15, 1929 Value of farmland falls 40% Aug 2, 1923 President Harding dies Oct 29, 1929 Balck Tuesday (Stock Market Crash) Jan 22, 1932 Congresses creates the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Dec 31, 1933 Du Pont and J.P. Morgan's companies try to stage a military coup Mar 4, 1933 Franklin Roosevelt is elcted President