The Great Depression

By kmolton

  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash
    Major crash of stock market that began Great Depression

  • Hoover Election

    Hoover Election
    Herbert Clark Hoover elected president

  • Bank Failure

    Bank Failure
    In the last 60 days of 1930, 600 banks closed nationwide

  • Bank of the United States

    Bank of the United States
    The fourth largest bank in the United States failed

  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation

    Reconstruction Finance Corporation
    Congress created this to lend 2 billion dollars to prevent further failures

  • Black Sunday

    Black Sunday
    Worst dust storm ever that caused Roosevelt to pass Soil Conservation Act

  • Roosevelt Election

    Roosevelt Election
    Roosevelt was elected president

  • New Deal

    New Deal
    FDR closed all US Banks

  • Share Our Wealth Society

    Share Our Wealth Society
    Created by Huey Long to "preserve all our gains, share them among our population, guarantee a greater country and a happy people"

  • National Union For Social Justice

    National Union For Social Justice
    Challenge Roosevelt's New Deal and fought for social justice

  • Works Progress Administration

    Works Progress Administration
    Created to hire millions of people to fight unemployment

  • Beginning of WW2

    Beginning of WW2
    Hitler invades Poland and begins WW2