Great Depression-New Deal

  • Stock Market Crash (Black Friday)

    Stock Market Crash (Black Friday)

    Was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    Was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US.
  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

    Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

    Was an act sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative.
  • Boulder Dam (hoover Dam) Built

    Boulder Dam (hoover Dam) Built

    Is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada.
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation

    Was an independent agency of the United States government.
  • Mary Bethune Made  Head of the Division of Negro Affairs and the National Youth Administration

    Mary Bethune Made Head of the Division of Negro Affairs and the National Youth Administration

    Was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for African-American
  • Federal Loan Home Bank Act

    Federal Loan Home Bank Act

    Is a United States federal law passed under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership.
  • Federal Loan Home Bank Act

    Federal Loan Home Bank Act

    Is a United States federal law passed under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership.
  • Bonus Army Gassed

    Bonus Army Gassed

    Was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers
  • Frances Perkins Became First Female Cabinet Member

    Frances Perkins Became First Female Cabinet Member

    The first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Elected

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Elected

    Was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 32nd President of the United States.
  • First Fireside Chat

    First Fireside Chat

    Were a series of thirty evening radio addresses given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • The  Hundred Days began

    The Hundred Days began

    Marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile.
  • John Collier Became Commissioner of Indian Affairs

    John Collier Became Commissioner of Indian Affairs

    Was an American social reformer and Native American advocate.
  • Glass-Steagall Act

    Glass-Steagall Act

    An act the U.S. Congress passed in 1933 as the Banking Act. Prohibited commercial banks from participating in the banking business.
  • Wagner Act

    Wagner Act

    Is a foundational statute of US labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade
  • Congress of Industrial Organization Created

    Congress of Industrial Organization Created

    Was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada.
  • Court-Packing Plan

    Court-Packing Plan

    Was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D.
  • NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation

    NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation

    was a United States Supreme Court case that declared that the Act was constitutional.
  • Grapes of Wrath Published

    Grapes of Wrath Published

    After the American Civil War, the United States government issued a large amount of public debt to finance construction.