The Great Depression and The New Deal 1929-1938 By NickCzer Oct 24, 1929 Black Thursday Jan 22, 1932 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Mar 4, 1932 FDR Elected President Jul 28, 1932 Veterans Bonus March Mar 21, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) May 1, 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA) May 1, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) May 18, 1933 Tennessee VAlley Authority (TVA) Jun 1, 1933 NAtional Recovery Administration (NRA) Jul 1, 1933 Public Works Administration Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Dec 1, 1936 Strikes by Mexican-American agricultural workers in the west Jun 1, 1934 Taylor Grazing Act Jun 6, 1934 Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC) Jun 18, 1934 Indian Reorganization Act Mar 19, 1935 Harlem Riot Apr 1, 1935 Supreme Court reverses conviction of the "Scottsboro Boys" Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration May 1, 1935 Resettlement Administration May 27, 1935 Supreme Court Declares NRA Unconstitutional Jul 5, 1935 National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) Aug 14, 1935 Social Security Act Aug 15, 1935 NAACP campaign for federal law against lynching Aug 30, 1935 Revenue Act raises taxes on corporations and the wealthy Sep 10, 1935 Huey Long Assasination Jan 1, 1936 Supreme Court declares AAA unconstitutional Nov 3, 1936 Roosevelt wins landslide reelection victory Dec 30, 1936 Autoworkers sit-down strike against general motors begins Jan 1, 1937 Farm Security Administration Jan 1, 1937 GM, U.S. Steel, and Chrysler sign union contracts Period: Jan 1, 1937 to Dec 1, 1938 The Roosevelt Recession Jul 22, 1937 Roosevelt's "court packing" plan defeated Jan 1, 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act Jan 1, 1938 Reoublicans Gain Heavily in Midterm Elections Jan 1, 1938 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Jan 16, 1938 Carnegie Hall concert by Benny Goodman Orchestra Jan 1, 1939 Hatch Act Jan 1, 1939 John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Apr 9, 1939 Marian Anderson concert at Lincoln Memorial Jan 1, 1940 Ernest Hemingway, For Whom The Bell Tolls
