Great Depression Timeline

Black Thursday

Oct 24, 1929

This is the beginning of the Stock Market Crash.

Dust Bowl

Jun 17, 1930

The Dust Bowl begins after a large drought, the worst one in about 300 years.

Riots & Great Depression starts to worsen

Apr 11, 1931

Food riots break out in parts of United States in February and in April the Empire State Building completed.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nov 8, 1932

Roosevelt males his "New Deal" speech in July then later elected President in November.

Bank Holiday

Mar 5, 1933

Roosevelt calls for a "bank holiday" where all banks are closed.

First New Deal Begins

Mar 9, 1933

15 new laws are quickly let out to fight the Great Depression and Roosevelt launches the New Deal with Emergency Banking Act.

Gold Reserve Act

Jan 30, 1934

Act prohibited private ownership of gold and doubled its price changing gold price history.

Soil Conservation Act

Apr 15, 1934

The FDR passes the act to teach farmers more sustainable methods to conserve.

Social Security Act

Jul 14, 1935

This act provided income to the elderly, blind, disabled, and children in low-income families.

Hottest Summer

1936

Twelve states experienced temperatures at or above 110 degrees, including four that broke 120 degrees. Killing around 5,000.

FDR second term

Jan 20, 1937

Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to his second term as president and launches a third new deal.

World War II

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, starting WWII, The depression ends over the next several years as the U.S. builds up its armed forces.