Haley's great depression timeline

  • Dorothea Lange

    an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration.
  • Period: to

    great depression era

  • UNempolyment rates

    1920-5.2%
    1921-11.7%
    1929-3.2%
    1932-23.6%
    1938-19.0%
    1942-4.7%
    1950-5.3%
    1975-6.3%
    1990-5.6%
    2009-9.3%
    today-7.8%
  • Langston Hughes

    he was a poet, and a big deal during the Harlem Renaissance.
  • The Great Depression

    After the economy was up, and people were buying all kinds of stuff and people were working and having alot of money...the stock market crashed. It left many americans poor and job less.
  • The deportation of Mexican Americans in the Great Depression

    After the stock market had crashed the government blammed it on al the immigrants. many mexicans went back to mexico voluntarily. The ones that stayed were the problem. People had several raids to get them to leave. Listen to the thing at the top of the page on the link.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    He tried to help people get out of debt. this first 100 days the came up with new deals and the 3 R's.
  • Judicial Interpretation during the New Deal

    The juducial interpretetion is a theory explains how the judiciary should interpret the law, particularly constitutional documents and legislation. During the New Deal they were supose to increase the economy and take people out of poverty.
  • Entitlement Programs and solvency

    A government program that helps people with finanical problems,and helps them over come the problems.
  • The New Deal

    When the farmers were growing more then they could sale, the government passed The Agricultural Adjustment Act. The AAA made it to were the farmers were paid to produce less crops.
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

    FDIC is a government agency established during the great depression that still protects consumer savings today.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    Was part of the new dealprogram that created dams leading to huge employment opportunities, cheap electrical power, and flood control.
  • The Dust Bowl

    the dust bowl was a man made problem. People started plowing land the wrong way, and sturred up dust and when the wind came through it mad it really dusty. visit http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/ to see more.
  • Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

    Securities & Exchange Commission is a federal agency, which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets in the United States.
  • The Social Security Act

    The Social Security Act is for the older peple that retire and they live off the SS check after they have worked for many years.
  • Judicial Interpretation during the New Deal

  • Medicare & Medicaid

    medicaid is a program of health that is giving to people with low incomes. Medicare is a health program giving to people over 65 and younger people with disabilities