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Herbert Hoover elected President.
Hoover, a globally experienced engineer, believed strongly in the Efficiency Movement, He also believed in the importance of volunteerism and of the role of individuals in society and the economy. -
Stock Market Crash
Is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth.Crashes are driven by panic as much as by underlying economic factors. -
Dust Bowl
an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice. -
Franklin Rosevelt Elected For President
In his first hundred days in office, which began March 4, 1933, Roosevelt spearheaded major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal. A variety of programs designed to produce government jobs for the unemployed, economic growth, and reform. -
New Deal Begins
Was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938.The programs were in response to the Great Depression, that is Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression -
FDR Court Packing Scheme
Was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
