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President Hoover Takes Office
Herbert Hoover became the 31st president of the United States and was President during the early part of the Great Depression -
Black Tuesday (The Crash)
The stock market fully crashed on this day. Millions of dollars in damages and the stock market fell all the way to zero -
Hoover Dam Construction Begins
Started in the early parts of the Great Depression to create jobs and a town for people to live in while providing power to that town -
Bonus Army
A group of 43,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. and demanded for veteran pensions. They were refused and forced out of Washington D.C. which then led to Herbert Hoover not being re-elected in the same year -
Election of 1932
The election of 1932 took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Franklin D. Roosevelt -
The New Deal Began
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression. -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped. -
Dust Bowl End Date
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the USA during the 1930s -
Hoover Dam Finished
Concrete placement in the dam was completed May 29, 1935, and all features were completed by March 1, 1936 and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Golden Gate Bridge Finished
On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to great acclaim, a symbol of progress in the Bay Area during a time of economic crisis. At 4,200 feet, it was the longest bridge in the world until the completion of New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964. -
Fair Labor Act
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 created the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. Also got rid of child labor. -
WW2 Start Date
WW2 begins effectively ending the Great Depression and sets the stage for the worlds biggest conflict
