Great Depression-New Deal

Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)

Oct 29, 1929

Stock market crashes and begins the great depression.

Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

Jun 7, 1930

Was a tariff placed upon imported goods that raised the tariff higher than it ever was previously.

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Jan 22, 1932

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is created and gave 2 billion dollars to local and state gov'ernments.

Glass Steagall Act

Jun 22, 1932

The act that seperated commercial and investment banking.

Federal Loan Home Bank Act

Jul 22, 1932

This act Lowered the price of Home Ownership.

Bonus Army Gassed

Jul 28, 1932

When Veteran Protesters where gassed by police after protesting in washinton D.C. over a bill.

The Hundred Days Began

Mar 4, 1933

The first 100 days of FDR's presidency when he attempted to reverse the troubles of the great depression which was mildly successful.

Elanor Roosevelt began work as social reformer

Mar 4, 1933

Elanor Roosevelt begins work as a social reformer to help better women's rights, and racial justice.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Elected

Mar 4, 1933

FDR is elected president

First Fireside Chat

Mar 12, 1933

FDR does his first radio "fireside" chats.

John Collier Became Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Apr 2, 1933

John Collier becomes Commisioner of Indian Affairs and starts reforming the treatment of Native Americans.

Frances Perkins Becomes FIrst Female Cabinet Member

Aug 14, 1933

Frances Perkins Becomes first woman to become cabinet member

Dust Bowl

Apr 14, 1935

Happened after a drought loosened the dirt on the ground and when winds blew caused dust storms.

Wagner Act

Jul 5, 1935

Created the National Labor Relations Board to protect workers right to unionization

Congress of Industrial Organization Created

Nov 9, 1935

The CIO is created.

Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) Built

Mar 1, 1936

The Hoover Dam, which cost 43 million dollars at the time,

Mary Bethune Made Head of the Division of Negreo Affairs and the National Youth Administration

Jun 24, 1936

The civil rights leader Mary Bethune is made Head of the Division of Negro Affairs, or the "Black Cabinet", and the National Youth Administration.

Court-Packing Plan

Feb 5, 1937

When President Roosevelt increased the max number of judges to the supreme court to 15.

NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation

Feb 11, 1937

Case in which congress said that the National Labor Relations Act was considered Constituional.

Grapes of Wrath Published

Apr 14, 1939

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is published.