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The Great Depression
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Run on the Banks
During the Great Depression, a lot of customkers from different banks, all asked to withdraw their deposits or demand cash, all at the same -
Black Tuesday - Stock Market Crash
Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market cerash. The plummeting stock prices led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history. -
Planet Pluto is discovered
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Smoot-Hawley Tariff
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Star-Spangled Banner becomes the national anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner come from a poem in 1814 called "Defence of Fort McHenry". The lyrics were paired with a tune of a popular British -
Empire State Building is completed
The Empire State building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtwon Manhattan, New York -
Lindbergh baby kidnapped
The child was kidnapped from his home in Hopewell, New Jersey, between 8 and 10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 1932 -
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President
32nd President
His first hundred days in office began on March 4th in 1933. Roosevelt spearheaded major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal -
21st Amendment
The 21st amendment was ratified on December 5th, 1933. It struck down prohibition and people were allowed to drink again -
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) established
The SEC is a fefera agency which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act's major goal was to provide some security for older Americans and unemployed workers -
Hoover Dam completed
The Hoover Dam's construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and the cost of one hundred lives. It was named after President Herbet Hoover and was dedicated on September 30, 1936, by Franklin D. Roosevelt -
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at Berlin Olympics
On August 3, he won the 100m sprint, defeating Ralph Metcalfe; on August 4, the long jump; on August 5, the 200m sprint; and after her was added to the 4 x 100m relay team; he won his fourth on August 9 -
FDR re-elected
Roosevelt and the New Deal that he represented remained very popular, and on Election Day, Roosevelt swept to victory in one of the largest landslides in American history.
He won more than sixty percent of the popular vote and carried every state except Maine and Vermont -
"Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell published
The story takes set in Clayton County, Georgia, and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. It depicts the experiences of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's "March to the Sea" -
Hindenburg crashes
The German passenger airship Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station -
Amelia Earhart disappears
Amelia Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island -
War of the Worlds Broadcast
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Germany invades Poland
