The Great Depression

  • 1928

    1928

    Hoover is elected president
  • 1929

    1929

    Stock Market crash
  • 1930

    1930

    Hoover promises America the crash will recover in 60 days
  • 1931

    1931

    construction started for the Hoover dam
  • 1932

    1932

    Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected 32nd president and promises a new deal
  • 1933

    1933

    AAA ( Agriculture adjustment act) was created
  • 1934

    1934

    SEC (securities and exchange commission) was created
  • 1935

    1935

    WPA (work progress administration) was created
  • 1936

    1936

    Hoover Damn open to the public
  • 1937

    1937

    the US housing act established in 1937 the first public housing
  • 1938

    1938

    leaders of Nazi Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex Sudetenland.
  • 1939

    1939

    World War 2 starts