1930-1959 Economic Timeline of The United States

By bwalker1

  • Wall Street Crash

    1,350 US banks fail.

  • Dust Bowl

    The worst drought in US history created a major wind storm that carried dust across the country.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor putting the US into the second World War. The day after the attack the US declared war on Japan.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a 4th term

    Is the only president to be elected four times.

  • Atomic Bomb

    The US drops the first ever atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Days later Japan surrendered which ultimately ended World War 2

  • Korean War begins

    North Korea (backed by Russia) invaded South Korea (backed by the United States)

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower elected

    Was a five-star general during World War 2

  • Detonation of "Bravo"

    A 15 megaton Hydrogen bomb. The bomb is 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in World War 2

  • NASA crated

    NASA was created because of Russia launching their own space program in 1957 called Sputnik.

  • Alaska and Hawaii become states

    Final two states admitted into the Union