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1930: The Dust Bowls Begin
Taxes on 900 different imports are raised when President Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act,aimed to support farmers but of course many other goods ended up having tariffs imposed which impacted international trade. there was a rise in unemployment( 1.5 million people became unemployed), a severe drought began,bank failures and many people ended up being homeless and the economy had a huge impact. Source:https://www.historic-newspapers.com/blogs/article/great-depression-timeline#1929 -
1931: Food Riots and Banks Collapse
Food riots began as people began to struggle to get basic Needs, rioters broke into groceries stores to steal items like food and canned food. Tension against foreign workers started to rise, many people resented foreigners because they were "taking" jobs from Americans. Droughts became worst in different states like Arkansas. Many banks failed which affected over 200 million deposits.
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1932: President Roosevelt is Elected
This year highlighted the struggles of 1932, including economic decline, reliance on relief programs, and the political shift towards Roosevelt’s New Deal, which aimed to recover the economy. on Nov. 8 Franklin D. Roosevelt(he got 22,800,000 popular votes) is elected President of the United States after defeating Herbert Hoover( 15,750,000 popular votes) -
1933: The First Hundred Days and the New Deal
President Roosevelt spends his first 100 days in office(introducing already 15 laws to address the Great depression), He also declares a bank holiday on March 5,closing all banks to prevent any further failures. 5 days into Roosevelts presidency, he signs the emergency banking act which closed all banks temporarily to stabilize the banking system. The civil administration act starts,it opened 4 million construction jobs to help reduce unemployment. Dust storms and agricultural problems began. -
1934: Dust Storms and Droughts Continue
Old age revolving pensions were made for elderly people to receive a pension.The gold reserve act also starts which doubles the price of gold and bans private ownership(Jan.30)."Black Sunday", the worst dust storm in US history Occurs. -
1936: President Roosevelt Elected For a Second Term
Extreme heat waves begin. President Roosevelt Is elected for a second term on Nov. 3, The heat waves resulted in the deaths of 1,693 people in total. overall the year was marked with extreme weather conditions that impacted public health. -
1935: Creation of the Works Progress Administration
Over 5,000 Townsend Clubs are formed across the U.S which gathers more then 2 million members. The Share Our Wealth society expands to 27,000 clubs nationwide during this time as well. The creation of the work progress administration is formed and hires more then 8.5 million people to address the unemployment crisis. The social security act is implemented which financial support to the elderly, blind, and disabled. -
1937: Spending on New Deal Programs Cut
President Roosevelt had the difficulty to deal with a debt but also try to keep the economy out of the depression. In one attempt to relieve the debt he cut back spending on the New Deal programs which took the economy back to depression. -
1938: Economic Growth
The economy started to get better. eventually bringing the country out of depression BUT unemployment rates were still very high -
1939: The Start of World War Two
The Start of WW2 began. A federal security agency was established to provide funding to education,food,drug safety and social security. World War II and Military Support started, after the invasion of Poland by Hitler(which contributed to the initiation of WW2) President Roosevelt persuades congress to lift the military arms embargo against France and Britain