the great depression

By belladelacruz
  • Herbert Hoover is elected president.

    Herbert Hoover is elected president.

    Stock market begins to diminish, eventually crashes. This day marks black Tuesday.
  • Banks begin to fail.

    Banks begin to fail.

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is passed. Economists say this was the start of the great depression.
  • Great Depression deepens

    Great Depression deepens

    While the Empire State building is completed, food riots begin to break out.
  • Unemployment rises and more banks fail.

    Unemployment rises and more banks fail.

    Unemployment rises to 23.6%. Veterans march on Washington to demand pay and are removed by Army force.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president.

    Will help improve economy during Great Depression.
  • New Deal

    New Deal

    "First One Hundred Days" begins along 15 new laws to assist Great Depression. Banks are also given a holiday
  • Federal Emergency Relief Act signed in.

    Federal Emergency Relief Act signed in.

    This act distributed $3.1 billion, and gave over 20 million people new jobs.
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act is signed in.

    Agricultural Adjustment Act is signed in.

    Part of Roosevelts new deal. This offered subsidies to farmers for limiting production of crops.
  • Second New Deal Begins

    Second New Deal Begins

    Works Progress Administration is established. It employs 8 million people to build roads, bridges and airports.
  • Unemployment falls to 16.9%

    Unemployment falls to 16.9%

    due to the first and second new deal, employment rates have risen.
  • FDR

    FDR

    Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to his second term as president and the court rules Social Security Act
  • World War II, Great Depression Ends.

    World War II, Great Depression Ends.

    World War II begins when Germany invades Poland. The depression ends over next several years as the U.S. builds up armed forces.