Great Depression timeline

  • Black Tusday

    Black Tusday
    The day the stock market crashed.
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    Great Depression

  • New York times

    May 30th, New York Times prints petition of 1,028 economists (PDF) who oppose Smoot Hawley Tarrif Act
  • Unemployment

    January 7th, the Committee for Unemployment Relief releases a report on unemployment showing that 4 to 5 million Americans were out of work.
  • The Bouns Army

  • President Roosevelt

    Roosevelt was elected for president.
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    The New Deal

    Presedent Roosevelts way of geting out of the Great Depresssion. *Days not exact
  • The Dust Bowl

    Big dust cloudes spreded areound the country. *Day Not Exact
  • President Roosevelt Third Tern

    Franklin Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented third term as president
  • The Ford Strick

    The Ford Strick
    Three thousand unemployed workers march on the Ford Motor Company's plant. *Day not exact