Great Depression Timeline

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  • Hoover Becomes President

    Hoover Becomes President
    Herbert Hoover in inaugurated as 31st President of United States

  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash
    American Stock Market crashes

  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff
    Steeply raises import duties

  • Department of Veteran Affairs

    Department of Veteran Affairs
    Hoover created Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Major Bank Collapses

    Major Bank Collapses
    New York's Bank of the United States collapses.

  • Revenue Act of 1932

    Revenue Act of 1932
    Hoover signs the Revenue Act of 1932 in hopes to restore confidence.

  • Roosevelt Elected

    Roosevelt Elected
    Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican president Herbert Hoover by a landslide.

  • Roosevelt Inauguration

    Roosevelt Inauguration
    Roosevelt inaugurated into office as 32nd President of the United States

  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    Roosevelt launched the New Deal with the Emergency Banking Act which closed all US banks to stop failures

  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps
    Hired 3 million workers to maintain public lands

  • Emergency Relief Appropriation

    Emergency Relief Appropriation
    Created Works Progress Administration to hire 8.5 million people.

  • Roosevelt Reelected

    Roosevelt Reelected
    Roosevelt wins second term as president over Republican cantidate Alf Landon