The Great Depression

By Carlapaige07
  • Roosevelt’s Presidency

    Roosevelt’s Presidency

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms
  • The Stock Market Crash

    The Stock Market Crash

    The Stock Market Crash is called Great Crash sudden and steep decline in stock prices in late October 1929
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    A US law that significantly raised import duties to protect American farmers and manufacturers during the early Great Depression
  • Bank Failures

    Bank Failures

    A bank failure occurs when a federal or state banking agency closes a bank.
  • Bonus Army

    Bonus Army

    An assembly of thousands of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 during the Great Depression to demand early payment of their promised service bonuses
  • Herbert Hoover’s Presidency

    Herbert Hoover’s Presidency

    Herbert Hoover's tenure as the 31st president of the United States began on his inauguration on March 4, 1929, and ended on March 4, 1933. Hoover, a Republican, took office after a landslide victory in the 1928 presidential election over Democrat Al Smith of New York.
  • Bank Holiday

    Bank Holiday

    The four- day nationals suspension of all the banking
  • First Fireside Chat

    First Fireside Chat

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat, on the Emergency Banking Act, eight days after taking office (March 12, 1933).
  • FDIC creation

    FDIC creation

    Created by the Banking act of 1933