The Depression Timeline

  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    It was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to first presidential term

    Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to first presidential term
    He was elected for his first term.
  • Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor
    Adolf Hitler was appointed as the chancellor of Germany by President Paul Von Hindenburg.
  • Roosevelt’s Hundred Days

    Roosevelt’s Hundred Days
    The first hundred days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency was a time in America in which Roosevelt planned to put an end to the depression that was thought to have been caused by Former President Herbert Hoover.
  • Roosevelt’s Bank Holiday

    Roosevelt’s Bank Holiday
    Bank crisis of 1933
  • Tennessee Valley Authority founded

    Tennessee Valley Authority founded
    Is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter.
  • Works Progress Administration created

    Works Progress Administration created
    It was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl
    It was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US.
  • Social Security Act passed

    Social Security Act passed
    The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt.
  • FDR elected to second presidential term

    FDR elected to second presidential term
    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was re-elected in a,President Roosevelt's second term achieved fewer successes than his first
  • FDR elected to second presidential term

    FDR elected to second presidential term
    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was re-elected in a,President Roosevelt's second term achieved fewer successes than his first
  • Adolf Hitler invades Poland

    Adolf Hitler invades Poland
    German troops attack the town of Warsaw,Poland.
  • The London Blitz

    The London Blitz
    The appearance of German bombers in the skies over London.
  • FDR elected to third presidential term

    FDR elected to third presidential term
    Roosevelt was elected to a third term with the promise of maintaining American neutrality
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
    The empire of Japan attacked the United States at the island base of Peral Harbor
  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066
    It is a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    It happened only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France.
  • FDR elected to fourth presidential term

    FDR elected to fourth presidential term
    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office.
  • Auschwitz liberated by Allied Forces

    Auschwitz liberated by Allied Forces
    The cmap is taken over by the good guys,the prisoniers are then freed.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    Was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France,and the westren front.
  • FDR Dies

    FDR Dies
    He was killed in Warm Springs, Georgia
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    Victory in Europe Day.
  • V-J Day

    V-J Day
    Victory over Japan Day
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
    A second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender.
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
    United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.