A Long Way From Chicago and the Great Depression

  • WWI Ends

    WWI Ends
  • Roaring Twenties

    Roaring Twenties
    Economy Flourished
    People Invested in Stocks
    Bought on Credit
    Big Bands
    Gangsters
    Prohibition
  • "Shotgun Cheatam's Last Night Above Ground"

    "Shotgun Cheatam's Last Night Above Ground"
    Tramp
    Jesse James
    Al Capone
    Bugs Moran Home-made beer
    Valentine's Day Massacre
    Hupmobile
    Hupmobile
  • Stock Market Crashes/ Great Depression Begins

    Stock Market Crashes/ Great Depression Begins
    "Black Tuesday"
    Valentines Day Massacre
    Banks fail
    People lost jobs+homes
    Bread/soup lines
    "Hoovervilles"
    Hoboes
    Drought begins in Great Plains
    Golden Age of Radio
  • Economy Slows

    Economy Slows
    Great Depression
    Banks Failed
    People Lost Jobs and Homes
    Bread/Soup Lines
    "Hoovervilles"
    Hoboes
    Drought Begins in Great Plains
    Golden Age of Radio
  • "The Mouse in the Milk"

    "The Mouse in the Milk"
    Milkman
    Privy
    Horse and wagon
    Hoover
    Charles Lindbergh
    Coolidge
    House wakes
  • Freight Car Migrants

    Freight Car Migrants
  • "A One-Woman Crime Wave"

    "A One-Woman Crime Wave"
    Milkman
    Privy
    Horse and wagon
    Hoover
    Charles Lindbergh
    Coolidge
    House wakes
  • "The Day of Judgement"

    "The Day of Judgement"
    Barnstormers
    Charles Lindbergh
    Hupmobile
    Biplane
    Banks
  • FDR Elected

    FDR Elected
    "The New Deal"
    Job Corps
    Prohibition Ends
  • "The Phantom Brakeman"

    "The Phantom Brakeman"
    Shirley Temple
    FDR
    Nehi Soda
  • New Deal/Public Works Project

    New Deal/Public Works Project
    FDR Elected
    Job Corps
    Prohibition Ends
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl
    People to head to California for jobs
  • "Things With Wings"

    "Things With Wings"
    Day-Old Bread
    Dracula movie
    John Dillinger
    Hudson Motor Company
    Terraplane
  • "Centennial Summer"

    "Centennial Summer"
  • FDR Elected to 2nd Term

    FDR Elected to 2nd Term
  • USA Enters WWII/Great Depression Ends

    USA Enters WWII/Great Depression Ends
    Pearl Harbor bombed
    Men/Women had jobs
  • "The Troop Train"

    "The Troop Train"
    WWII
    Telegram
  • WWII Ends

    WWII Ends
    Allies win
    Troops come home
    "Baby Boom"