Great Depression

By Tony065

  • Crash of 1929

    Crash of 1929
    Place: U.S
    Protagonists:US citizen
    Summary:The market peaked making prices uneven downward slide as investors decided the boom was over, they sold more stock, causing the crash in 1929.

  • The dust bowl

    The dust bowl
    Protagonists:Farmers
    Place:The Great Plains
    Summary:The Great Plains were very dry with high winds. Topsoil was held in place by deep rooted prairie grasses that preserved moisture in times of low rainfall.

  • The “American Individualism” of Hoover

    The “American Individualism” of Hoover
    Place:U.S
    Protagonists: Herbert Hoover
    Summary: Hoover developed the “rugged individualism “ as an alternative the keep the economy moving it consist of letting people make their own investments without the help of the government

  • Hoover’s public funding

    Hoover’s public funding
    Place:U.S.
    Protagonists: Herbert Hoover
    Summary: Hoover started increasing funding public works which resulted in the new jobs that only employed a fraction of the unemployed community in the U.S.

  • National Credit Corporation

    National Credit Corporation
    Place:U.S
    Protagonists: Hebert Hoover
    Summary: Hoover established the National Credit Corporation (NCC) to enable banks to keep lending money to their communities.

  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation

    Reconstruction Finance Corporation
    Place:U.S.
    Protagonists: Herbert Hoover
    Summary: The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) came to be after Hoover requested Congress to establish a program to make loans to business.

  • The Bonus March

    The Bonus March
    Place: Washington, D.C.
    Protagonists: Oregon veterans
    Summary: Many Oregon veterans marched at Washington,D.C. while singing old war songs as they lobbied for the legislation of their $1,000 bonus to be distributed.

  • Emergency Relief and Constitution Act

    Emergency Relief and Constitution Act
    Place:U.S.
    Protagonists: Herbert Hoover
    Summary: The Emergency Relief and Construction Act was signed by Hoover to attend the need of relief fund the act gave $1.5 billion for public works and $300 million in emergency loans.

  • The Hunger March

    The Hunger March
    Places: Washington, D.C.
    Protagonists: Hunger marchers
    Summary: As result economic crisis people couldn’t afford food so 1,200 huger marchers rallied at Washington, D.C. chanting “Feed the hungry, tax the rich” to shed light on what the hungry poor people were going through.

  • Art and entertainment

    Art and entertainment
    Protagonists:Walt Disney
    Place:US
    Summary:Thanks to all the horrible state of being of the citizens in U.S. people resources to entertainment as a way to forget all their troubles even just for a few minutes at the time one of this escapes came at the hands of Walt Disney “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”