the great depression

  • hoover elected

    Was the 31st president of the u.s.
  • ww1 ends

    germany lost and went into extreme debt.
  • Black Tuesday

    it was the most catastrophic stock market crash in the history of the u.s.
  • 1930 midterms

    the great depression was fully underway.
  • hawley smoot tariff

    Raised us tariffs on over 2000 imported goods to record levels.
  • first bank panic

    sivere decline in money supply.
  • 2nd bank panic

    begin with the collapse of caldwell.
  • food riots of 1931

    men and women raided stores
  • unemployment hits 25%

    unemployment was close to its peak.
  • fdr elected

    fdr was the 32nd pres of the u.s.
  • emergency bank relief act

    attempt to stabalize the economy.
  • tennessee valley authority

    to provide navigation, flood control, and elctricity generation.
  • 1st new deal begins

    new deal started on this day.
  • 1st 100 days

    first 100 days of the presidency.
  • 2nd new deal begins

    2nd new deal started that year and included social security.
  • fdr attemps to stack the court

    this attempt failed to stack the court.
  • u.s. enters ww2

    the u.s. decided to join ww2.