Project 5 - The Good Ol' Days

More Than 3.2 Million People Are Unemployed

Mar 1, 1930

http://great-depression-facts.com/great-depression-timeline/112/

People Become Homeless and Start Living in Tents

Jan 1, 1931

http://depts.washington.edu/depress/economics_poverty.shtml

More Than 20,000 Americans Killed Themselves

Jan 1, 1931

https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/soc_sec/hgreat.htm people became severely depression during the Great Depression

Banks Fail

Dec 1, 1931

http://www.shmoop.com/great-depression/timeline.html $200 million in deposits are gone

Gross National Product Fell to 33%

Jan 1, 1933

http://great-depression-facts.com/great-depression-timeline/112/

Prohibition Ends

Dec 5, 1933

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-ends Alcohol becomes legal when prohibition ends

U.S Unemployment Rate Rose to 21.7%

Jan 1, 1934

http://www.shmoop.com/great-depression/timeline.html

Dust Bowl

Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937

http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl a severe drought caused crop failure and dust storms

WPA

Apr 1, 1935

http://great-depression-facts.com/great-depression-timeline/112/ WPA (work progress administration) created jobs for 8.5 million people

NYA

Jun 1, 1935

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/ NYA (national youth administration) provides students with work programs so that they can earn money