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The Great Depression

By thelittleblueflower
  • Stock Market Crashes

    Stock Market Crashes

    The stock market crashes, marking the end of six years of unparalleled prosperity for most sectors of the American economy
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    The Great Depression

  • 3.2 million people are unemployed

    3.2 million people are unemployed

    More than 3.2 million people are unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the October, 1929 crash.
  • "Food riots" begin to break out in parts of the U.S

    "Food riots" begin to break out in parts of the U.S

  • New York's Bank of the United States collapses

    New York's Bank of the United States collapses

  • Roosevelt Elected

    Roosevelt Elected

  • Unemployment averages 24.9% for the year.

    Unemployment averages 24.9% for the year.

  • Townsend Proposes Pension Plan

  • Share Our Wealth Society Founded

  • Longshoremen Strike

    Longshoremen Strike

  • Charles Coughlin Establishes the National Union

  • Roosevelt Re-elected

    Roosevelt Re-elected

  • Unemployment averages 17.2% for the year.

    Unemployment averages 17.2% for the year.

  • Franklin Roosevelt Re-elected for third term as President

    Franklin Roosevelt Re-elected for third term as President

    Franklin Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented third term as president.In little over a year, following Japan's December 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor, the U.S. will enter the war in the Pacific and in Europe.

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