Great Depression Timeline

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  • Hoover Becomes President

    Hoover Becomes President

    Herbert Hoover in inaugurated as 31st President of United States
  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash

    American Stock Market crashes
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Steeply raises import duties
  • Department of Veteran Affairs

    Department of Veteran Affairs

    Hoover created Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Major Bank Collapses

    Major Bank Collapses

    New York's Bank of the United States collapses.
  • Revenue Act of 1932

    Revenue Act of 1932

    Hoover signs the Revenue Act of 1932 in hopes to restore confidence.
  • Roosevelt Elected

    Roosevelt Elected

    Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican president Herbert Hoover by a landslide.
  • Roosevelt Inauguration

    Roosevelt Inauguration

    Roosevelt inaugurated into office as 32nd President of the United States
  • The New Deal

    The New Deal

    Roosevelt launched the New Deal with the Emergency Banking Act which closed all US banks to stop failures
  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps

    Hired 3 million workers to maintain public lands
  • Emergency Relief Appropriation

    Emergency Relief Appropriation

    Created Works Progress Administration to hire 8.5 million people.
  • Roosevelt Reelected

    Roosevelt Reelected

    Roosevelt wins second term as president over Republican cantidate Alf Landon