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Hoover
Herbert Hoover elected to presidential office. -
Black Tuesday
After a huge plunge in prices, stock brokers sell huge amounts of stock and crashes the Wall Street Stock Market. -
Dust Bowl
After years of over croping and plowing the Great plains, a drought causes massive dust storms, known as the Dust Bowl. -
F.D.R.
F.D.R. defeats Herbert Hoover for the 1932 presidential election. And begins the First 100 Days Plan. -
Banking Act of 1933
F.D.R. sets up a four day bank holiday, shuting down all banks in the U.S. to meet with congress and create the Emergency Banking Act of 1933. -
W.P.A.
The WPA is founded and helps find work for unemployed workers all over the U.S. -
Social Security
The Social Security Act of 1935 is signed and a stable pension plan is set up for all American Citizens. -
End of the Dust Bowl
Roosevelt sets up the Shelterbelt Project, which sets up soil erosion plants all over the Great Plains, and slowly stops the Dust Bowl. -
F.D.R. Reelected
F.D.R. is reelected after defeating Alfred Landon for the 1938 presidential election. -
WW 2
After a Japan bombs the naval base at Pear Harbor, Roosevelt signs a declaration of war against the Axis Powers, and enters the war on side of the Allies.