The great depression

The Great Depression

By jillncollins

  • A New President

    A New President
    Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as President.

  • "Black Tuesday"

    "Black Tuesday"
    Recorded sales of shares hits 16,410,000. New York Times index of industrial stocks drops nearly forty points, the worst drop in Wall Street history to that point.

  • Banks bust

    Banks bust
    By year's end, 1350 banks have suspended operations during 1930

  • Behind bars

    Behind bars
    Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. (He was released in 1939.)

  • Bank-rupt

    Bank-rupt
    By year's end, 2,293 banks have suspended operations during 1931

  • Lindbergh baby kidnapped

    Lindbergh baby kidnapped
    Aviator Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son, Charles Augustus, Jr., is kidnapped from the family home in New Jersey.

  • FDR Comes to Town

    FDR Comes to Town
    Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover to become the 32nd President.

  • Golden Gate Bridge

    Golden Gate Bridge
    Construction begins on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge

  • The Rise of Hitler

    The Rise of Hitler
    Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany.

  • AAA

    AAA
    Agricultural Adjustment Act is passed, which authorizing paying farmers not to grow crops. (AAA)

  • Einstein Moves to the US

    Einstein Moves to the US
    Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.

  • CWA

    CWA
    Civil Works Administration (CWA ) is created by an executive order of the President.

  • Prohibition Meets its End

    Prohibition Meets its End
    21st Amendment is ratified (repeals 18th amendment, ending alcohol prohibition).

  • More Farm Laws

    More Farm Laws
    The Jones-Connally Farm Relief Act passed, a bill that effectively places an expanded roster of farm products under the control of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA).

  • WPA

    WPA
    The Emergency Appropriations Relief Act is passed, creating the Works Progress Administration. (WPA)

  • Social Security, please

    Social Security, please
    Social Security Act is passed

  • Please pass GO and collect $200

    Please pass GO and collect $200
    Parker Brothers releases the board game "Monopoly".

  • FDR is Back

    FDR is Back
    FDR defeats Alfred M. Landon, Governor of Kansas, to win his second term as President

  • Depression, Part Two

    Depression, Part Two
    Economic recovery stops, and the economy enters a second depression.

  • A Light at the End of the Tunnel

    A Light at the End of the Tunnel
    Economic depression ends, and the economy begins to recover.

  • Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

    Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
    The Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is signed into law.

  • Wanted: Atomic Weapons

    Wanted: Atomic Weapons
    Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program.

  • The War Begins

    The War Begins
    Germany invades Poland.