Great Depression

By adenni

  • Stock Market Crash

    Investors sold overpriced shares

  • Glass Steagall Act

    Separated investment banking and retail which helped with loans and deposits

  • Revenue Act of 1932

    Hoover signed this act making income tax rate increase 63%, which worsened the depression.

  • Emergency Banking Act

    Provides relief during the emergency of Great Depression to help stabilize banks.

  • Civilian Concentration Corps

    Work relief program that allowed millions of young men employment to work on parks, buildings, etc.

  • Works Progress Administration

    Part of New Deal, employing many Americas, giving jobs such as building roads, airports, writing and acting.

  • Social Security Act

    President Roosevelt created a federal assurance for elderly unemployed Americans.

  • Great Depression Ends

    Ended because of WW2, US joining because Pearl Harbor. This war created jobs and money.