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Wall Street Crash
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, began in late October 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. The crash was the beginning of the 10 year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries -
Unemployment by early 1930s
More than 3.2 million people are unemployed rather than 1.5 millionbefore the 1929 stock market crash. This was more than double not more than 5 months later. -
Food Riots
Food riots broke out in Minneapolis hundreds of men and wemon spashed out the windows of stores. While they were destroying property they also stolethe produce. -
Ford Hunger March.
Three thousand unemployed workers marched to the Ford moter company's plant in River Rouge, Michigan. Four men were killed and many more were injured -
New York's Bank of the United States collapses
When the bank collapsed there was over 200 million dollers of deposits in it. This was the largest single bank failure in the nation's history. -
President Hoover signs a transportation bill
President Hoover signed a 100,000 doller transportation bill to assist the Army demonstrators in getting home. He sets a July 24 deadline for the men to abandon their encampments. -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president
Roosevelt beat Herbert Hoover like it was nothing.Roosevelt receives 22.8 million popular votes to Hoover's 15.75 million.