Important Events during the Great Depression

  • Herbert Hoover elected President

    Herbert Hoover elected President

    Hoover's national reputation and the booming economy, combined with deep splits in the Democratic Party over religion and prohibition, guaranteed his landslide victory with 58% of the vote.
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash

    Black Tuesday
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    Black Blizzards, etc.
  • Franklin Roosevelt elected President for his first term

    Franklin Roosevelt elected President for his first term

    Inagurated for his first term in the middle of the Great Depression.
  • New Deal begins

    New Deal begins

    Began right after Roosevelt's election
  • FDR Court Packing Scheme

    FDR Court Packing Scheme

    A controversial plan to expand the Supreme Court