The Great Depression Timeline

  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    The Stock Market crashes, spreading poverty and homelessness.
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is passed.

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is passed.

    Many economists say this act contributed to the great depression
  • The Department of Veteran Affairs is created

    Hoover creates this which provides life-long healthcare to veterans.
  • The "New Deal" Speech

    The "New Deal" Speech

    Franklin Roosevelt gives his "New Deal" speech, gaining support from the people.
  • Bonus Army marches

    Bonus Army marches

    The Bonus Army of U.S veterans march at Washington demanding pay.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected

    Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected

    Due to disapproval and blame at Hoover for the Great Depression, Roosevelt is elected president.
  • The Emergency Banking Act becomes law

    The Emergency Banking Act becomes law

    The act granted the president, the comptroller of the currency, and the secretary of the treasury broader regulatory authority over the nation's banking system.
  • President Franklin gives his first Fireside Chat

    President Franklin gives his first Fireside Chat

    The fireside chats were a series of evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • The Corporate Bankruptcy Act becomes law

    "the company stops all operations and goes completely out of business. A trustee is appointed to liquidate (sell) the company's assets, and the money is used to pay off debt,"
  • Black Sunday

    Black Sunday

    A huge dust storm envelops much of the Midwest.
  • The Social Security Act is signed into law

    The Social Security Act is signed into law

    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.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to his second term

    The second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1937, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.