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Great Depression Timeline

By mitchomara

  • St. Francis Dam Collapses

    St. Francis Dam Collapses
    The St. Francis Dam collapse, one of the worst civil engineering failures in United States history, caused massive flooding and killed up to 600 people in the process.

  • Mickey Mouse

    Mickey Mouse
    Mickey Mouse makes its grand debut in Steamboat Willie, a short film by Walt Disney. The cartoon became popular and the demand for more increased.

  • Hoover Elected

    Hoover Elected
    Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, was the president during the beginning of the Great Depression as well as the Stock Market Crash.

  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    October of 1929, the stock market took the deepest plunge up to history and still to this day. This economic tragedy would wipe millions of jobs and put America's unemployment numbers and homeless numbers at an all time high.

  • Pluto

    Pluto
    American astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh, discovers planet Pluto in Flagstaff Arizona.

  • Smoot -Hawley Tariff Act

    Smoot -Hawley Tariff Act
    Signed by Herbert Hoover, this is an act that would implement protection trade policies on the United States.

  • Star Spangled Banner

    Star Spangled Banner
    The Star Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key, is approved by Herbert Hoover and congress as the nation's national anthem.

  • Gambling

    Gambling
    Vegas legalizes gambling. This will change the world for people's recreational time and spending.

  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart
    Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly non-stop coast to coast. This is one of many achievements Earhart would accomplish during the Great Depression era.

  • FDR

    FDR
    Democratic representative of the 1932 election absolutely obliterates Herbert Hoover in the election; as Hoover goes down as a very unsuccessful president, the country hold hope in what FDR will be able to do.

  • 21 Amendment

    21 Amendment
    The 21st amendment was passed, this would end prohibition. Ending prohibition would help the economy as people could buy alcohol and drugs that had not been legal.

  • Golden Gate Bridge

    Golden Gate Bridge
    The famous Golden Gate Bridge opens up to traffic and connects San Francisco to Marin County. This makes transportation much easier. Instead of going around or even going by boat, people are able to go straight shoot across.