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Unemployment in 1930
In 1930 the yearly average unemployment rate skyrockets to 8.9% -
Low Employment
Unemployment yearly average is 3.2% -
Wall Street Crash
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. -
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Congress passes the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, steeply raising import duties in an attempt to protect American manufactures from foreign competition. -
The Dust Bowl
Severe drought hits the Midwestern and Southern Plains. Most crops are destroyed or eventually destroyed in the course of the dust bowl. -
Roosevelt Takes Office
While the United States is in a great depression, Franklin Roosevelt wins presidency and starts to rebuild the economy and stop the dust storms. -
The Emergency Farm Mortgage Act
The Emergency Farm Mortgage Act was an act that allotted around $200 million to help refinance mortgages to help farmers facing foreclosure. -
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The Civilian Conservation Corps opens the first soil erosion control camp
The Civilian Conservation Corps opens the first soil erosion control camp in Clayton County, Alabama. 160 more camps were built by September. -
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The Great Depression Ends
In the fall, it rains multiple times and the drought and depression come to an end with world war 2 coming up. The Great Plains become rich with wheat once again. -
Nazi Rally in New York City
The German-American Bund stages a huge rally of fascist sympathizers supporting what they call "True Americanism" in Madison Square Garden in New York.