The Great Depression

By 3087554

  • President of the United States.

    Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st President of the United States.

  • The Great Depression begins.

  • The stock market is at its highest.

    There are starting to be signs that the economy is slowing.

  • The stock market starts to crash.

  • The stock market descents.

    This day is well known as "Black Tuesday"

  • Banks begin to decline.

  • The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is passed.

    Many economists mention that this act devoted to the Great Depression.

  • The Great Depression continues to get more dreadful.

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    Food riots begin to break out in parts of the U.S.

  • The Empire State Building is entire.

  • Unemployment starts to climb it's way up to 23.6 percent.

    By this time over 10,000 banks have failed since 1929.

  • President candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt makes his "New Deal" speech.

  • The U.S. Bonus Army veterans paraded to washington to claim their pay.

    They got forcefully evacuated by the U.S Army.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt is now the president.

  • The new deal has commenced.

    A lot of stuff happened this year.

  • The first 100 days of Roosevelts Presidency has began.

    Over 15 new laws are quickly enacted to fight the Great Depression.

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

  • The Emergency Banking Act becomes law.

  • President Roosevelt gives his first Fireside Chat.

    He explains the new banking laws.

  • The United States moves off the gold standard.

  • The Federal Emergency Relief Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act got registered into law.

  • The Tennessee Valley Authority is authorized to build dams on the Tennessee River.

  • The Federal Securities Act establishes rules and regulations for the stock market.

  • The Public Works Administration (PWA) is established.

    The National Industrial Recovery Act, the Farm Credit Act, and the Banking Act of 1933 are all passed by Congress.

  • Prohibition is repealed by the 21st Amendment.

  • More laws were passed.

    In February of 1934 Huey Long, Governor of Louisiana, establishes the "Share Our Wealth" movement.

  • The SEC is established to regulate the stock market.

    The SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission

  • The Corporate Bankruptcy Act becomes law.

  • The Federal Housing Administration is established by the passing of the National Housing Act.

  • The second new deal begins

  • The Works Progress Administration is established.

    It will employ 8 million workers over the next several years building things like roads, bridges, and airports.

  • "Black Sunday"

    A huge dust storm envelops much of the Midwest.

  • The Social Security Act is signed into law.

  • Unemployment Falls to 16.9 percent.

  • More FDR.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt continues to still be the president at this time.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to his second term as president.

  • The Supreme Court rules that the Social Security Act is constitutional.

  • Unemployment Rises to 19 percent.

  • World War ll begun and The Great Depression ended.

  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is published.

    It tells the story of the hardships of a migrant farming family during the Great Depression.

  • World War II begins when Germany invades Poland.

    The depression ends over the next several years as the U.S. builds up its armed forces.

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