Great Depression

By aviyy24

  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash
    Herbert Hoover was part of the wall street crash
    The W.S.C was the greatest stock market crash in the history of the United States
    optimism and overconfidence during the Roaring Twenties and the economic boom in the era. The rise of American Consumerism led to the overproduction of consumer goods that were attained as a result of easy credit schemes.
    ~The W.S.C was fueled by the prosperity and massive economic boom enjoyed in the Roaring Twenties

  • Major Bank Collapse

    Major Bank Collapse
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was part of this.
    The bank had more than $200 million in deposits at the time, making it the largest single bank failure in American history
    Depositors saw $140 billion disappear through bank failures.
    ~One of the most significant aspects of the Great Depression in the United States was the erosion of confidence in the banking system. Weaknesses were apparent by 1930 and a growing wave of failures followed.

  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff
    Representative Willis C. Hawley and was signed into law on June 17, 1930
    This was imported duties to protect American businesses and farmers, adding considerable strain to the international economic climate of the Great Depression.
    ~This was the legislation that raised import duties to protect American businesses and farmers, adding considerable strain to the international economic climate of the Great Depression.

  • Radio Priest

    Radio Priest
    -Charles Coughlin was the radio priest
    -The radio Priest was : depression who was ultimately silenced by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church
    the reason of the radio priest was for political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience: during the 1930's, an estimated 30 million listeners tuned to his weekly broadcasts. He was forced off the air in 1939 because of his pro-fascist and anti-Semitic rhetoric.

  • Roosevelt Elected

    Roosevelt Elected
    Roosevelt
    The economy having improved rapidly from 1933 to 1936, Roosevelt won a landslide reelection
    Took place against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide