Great Depression

By coravyhnanek
  • Unemployment Rates

    Unemployment Rates

    More than 3.2 million people are unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the October, 1929 crash. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Period: to

    start to end of Great Depression

  • Citizens

    Citizens

    The street corners of New York City are crowded with apple-sellers. Nearly 6,000 unemployed indiviuals work at selling apples for five cents apiece. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Bank of United States collapses

    Bank of United States collapses

    New York's Bank of the United States collapses. At the time of the collapse, the bank had over $200 million in deposits. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • RFC is established

    RFC is established

    Congress establishes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The R.F.C. is allowed to lend $2 billion to banks, insurance companies, building and loan associations, "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Franklin Roosevelt promises Americans "a new deal".

    Franklin Roosevelt promises Americans "a new deal".

    "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • More than 300 WWI veterans leave Portland, Oregon for Washington D.C. to urge Congress to pass the Bonus Bill. Takes the veterans 18 days to reach Washington.

    More than 300 WWI veterans leave Portland, Oregon for Washington D.C. to urge Congress to pass the Bonus Bill. Takes the veterans 18 days to reach Washington.

    "American Experience: TV's Most-watched History Series." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014.
  • WWI Veterans

    WWI Veterans

    More than 300 World War I veterans leave Portland, Oregon en route to Washington D.C.to urge Congress to pass the bonus bill. It will take them 18 days to reach Washington D.C. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Banks have to be more public.

    Banks have to be more public.

    Federal law updated to require that the names of bbanks borrowing froom the Reconstruction Finance Corporation be made public. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Public Works Project

    Public Works Project

    Construction begins on San Fransisco's Golden Gate Bridge. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKU1PTyHtbM http://www.softschools.com/timelines/great_depression/timeline_13/
  • Congress passed the Emergency Banking Act

    Congress passed the Emergency Banking Act

    Congress passees the Emregency Banking Act of 1933. By months end, three-quarters of the nation's closed banks will be back in business. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • CCC is established

    CCC is established

    Civilian Conservation Courps is established. It gave teenage boys an opportunity to work and make money for their family. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • FERA

    FERA

    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration is created by Congress. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Dust Storms

    Dust Storms

    A three-day storm blose and estimated 350 million tons of soil off of the terrain of the West and Southwest and deposits it as far east as New York and Boston. http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl/videos "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Business Week magzine

    Business Week magzine

    Business Week magazine announces that "Depression is a forgotten word in the automobile industry, which is lforging ahead in producton, retail sales, and expansion of productive capacity in a manner reminiscent of the 'twenties.'" "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • social security

    social security

    The Social Security Act of 1935 is signed into law by FDR. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Dorothea lange takes the Migrant Mother photo.

    Dorothea lange takes the Migrant Mother photo.

    Photographer Dorothea Lange takes photographs of a poor family working at a pea-picking camp in California. One of the photos, called "Migrant Mother," is one of the most famous photographs to come from the Great Depression. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • unemployment rises

    unemployment rises

    The slow economic recovery made possible by New Deal programs suffers a setback as unemployment rises. FDR's detractors call it the start of the "Roosevelt recession." "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Fair Labor Standards Act

    The Fair Labor Standards Act passed, enacting first national minimum wage law. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • "The Grapes of Wrath" is published,

    "The Grapes of Wrath" is published,

    The book "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck is pubished. The book is about a family that is forced to leave home and try t find work in California during the Great Depression. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.
  • The Great Depression Ends

    The Great Depression Ends

    The United States eclares war on Japan and joins World War II. Because the war creates so much money and jobs fro the economy, the Great Depression ends soon after the U.S. goes to war. "Great Depression Timeline." Great Depression Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014.