The Great Depression

  • The Stock Market Crash

    -The stock market- in 1929 crashed because of excessive credit spending. It led to bank failures, agriculture crisis, and lack of economic regulation. -
  • Bank failures

    Bank failures

    The bank failures- in 1929, over 9000 banks closed wiping out billions of money from all the banks.
  • Herbert Hoovers Presidency

    Herbert Hoovers Presidency

    Herbert Hoover was president from 1929-1933 he didn't want to give money to the people, because he thought if he did they would always rely on the government for everything. He wanted the people to work for themselves, not rely on someone for everything.
  • Smoot Hawley Tarrifs

    Smoot Hawley Tarrifs

    • Smoot Hawley law - U.S law that significantly raised import duties to protect farmers and manufactures during the Great Depression.
  • Hoovervilles

    Hoovervilles

    Hoovervilles were little huts people built during the great depression, to protest against president Hoover's ways of helping them. They were made of scrap people found lying around.
  • Dust bowl

    Dust bowl

    it was an ecological and economic disaster on the Great Plains in the 1930s, caused by a severe drought combined with unsustainable farming practices, leading to widespread soil erosion, massive dust storms, and economic devastation.
  • Scottsboro boys case

    Scottsboro boys case

    The Scottsboro Boys case involved nine Black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. The case, which went through years of trials, convictions, and appeals.
  • Bonus army

    Bonus army

    The bonus army failed in 1932, in 1933 another group of veterans arrived in Washington. This time they were greeted by FDRs wife again, no bonus legislation was passed.
  • Bank holiday

    Bank holiday

    -The bank holiday- 1933 "bank holiday" temporarily closed all U.S. banks to stop bank runs and allow for an assessment and stabilization of the financial system following the 1929 stock market crash.
  • FDIC creation

    FDIC creation

    -FDIC creation- and signed into law in 1933 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its establishment was a direct response to the Great Depression, a period marked by thousands of bank failures and widespread public panic.
  • Roosevelt's presidency

    Roosevelt's presidency

    Roosevelt's presidency was the direct opposite from Hoovers, he wanted to give to the people, and to the poor. He came in presidency at the worst time of the great depression, he made jobs for people and gave the needy money. He went in at 1933 ended in 1945
  • First fireside chat

    First fireside chat

    The first fireside chat was a evening radio address that was made by FDR. He assured people that the great depression would get better, over radio. it was founded to the people in March 12, 1933. He talked to many Americans about the banking crisis.
  • National housing act of 1934

    National housing act of 1934

    New Deal-era law that created the Federal Housing Administration to insure home mortgages, stimulate the housing market, and expand home ownership. It made things more affordable, made mortgages easier to pay.
  • Indian Reorganization Act

    Indian Reorganization Act

    The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, known as the Wheeler Howard Act, was a landmark piece of U S. legislation that shifted federal policy from assimilation to tribal self-determination. Helped tribes get their land back, and recognize the tribal government.
  • Roosevelt's black cabinet

    Roosevelt's black cabinet

    Weaver was the first african american to be appointed to a us cabinet level position.
    Helped colored people work and influence federal policy.
  • Social security act

    Social security act

    The social security act happened in 1935,United States law that established a system of federal old age benefits, as well as programs for unemployment. FDR provided aid to everyone in need, it set people to thinking that if anything bad happens the government would jump in. Certain people thought it was not necessary, that the people would get lazy and not be able to do on their own.