unit 5 great depression timeline

  • Herbert Hoover is inaugurated

    Herbert Hoover is inaugurated
    Herbert Hoover was elected as the 31st president of the U.S. he waited last minute to help out the jobless people with very little to do.
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation

    Reconstruction Finance Corporation
    The FRC was an agency to provide emergency financing to banks, life-insurance companies and other large businesses
  • The Bonus Army Incident

    The Bonus Army Incident
    Herbert Hoover allowed the army to shoot down ww1 veterans. which this incident did nothing to help Hoover for his re-election.
  • FDR is elected as 32nd president

    FDR is elected as 32nd president
    served as governor of New York from 1929 to 1933 (up in till his inauguration)
  • FDR's new deal

    FDR's new deal
    the new deal was created to relieve the U.S from the Great Depression. it focused on economic relief and financial reform.
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl
    the dust bowl was a natural event that removed loose top soil and created health and financial problems. for people living in the area.
  • Hitler rises to power

    Hitler rises to power
    Hitler rises to power in economic ruined German. many thought of him as the Anti-Christ for the death of millions Jews, Gypsies, and more
  • The Soil Conservation Act.

    The Soil Conservation Act.
    FDR passed The Soil Conservation Act due to the worst dust storm to come. this act taught farmers sustainable methods to the soil.
  • The Social Security Act

    The Social Security Act
    The Social Security Act provided income for the elderly, the blind, the disabled, and children in low-income families. taxes paid for it
  • The U.S heat wave

    The U.S heat wave
    U.S States reached recorded high temperatures due to the dust bowl.
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act

    The Fair Labor Standards Act
    The Fair Labor Standards Act established the Federal minimum wage.
  • The U.S lifts the embargo

    The U.S lifts the embargo
    FDR convinced the U.S Congress to lift the Embargo on Great Britain and France.