The Great Depression

By riverrogers

  • The Crash on Wall Street

    The Crash on Wall Street
    The collapse [crash] of the stock market, on Wall Street, New York City, signified the beginning of the Great Depression.

  • Unemployment, 1930

    Unemployment, 1930
    Unemployment was at 8.9% and continuing to decrease.

  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff

    Hawley-Smoot Tariff
    The Hawley-Smoot tariff was passed in an attempt to boost the economy by raising tariffs. This has little impact on the economy.

  • Unemployment, 1931

    Unemployment, 1931
    Unemployment for this year averaged at 16.3%

  • Collapse of the Bank of the United States

    Collapse of the Bank of the United States
    This collapse was the largest bank failure in American history to date, $200 million in deposits vanished, and left the people in a state of panic.

  • Unemployment, 1932

    Unemployment, 1932
    Unemployment averaged at 24.1% that year

  • Franklin Roosevelt is elected as President

    Franklin Roosevelt is elected as President
    Franklin Roosevelt beat former President, Herbert Hoover, in the 1932 election

  • Unemployment, 1933

    Unemployment, 1933
    Unemployment averaged at 24.9% during this year.

  • Radio Priest

    Radio Priest
    Charles Coughlin (AKA Radio Priest) starts his airing of a weekly broadcast in support of Roosevelt. Draws in 30-45 million listeners. (Forced off-air in 1939 due to Pro-Fascist ideology)

  • First Fireside Chat

    First Fireside Chat
    Roosevelt wanted to bring the people together and calm the down, and in effort to do so, Roosevelt got on air to talk to the people all over the country.

  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    Roosevelt New deal is introduced to congress, an effort to create jobs and boost the economy.

  • Inauguration

    Inauguration
    President Roosevelt is inaugurated into office

  • Unemployment, 1934

    Unemployment, 1934
    Unemployment averages at 21.7% for the year

  • Share our Wealth Society

    Share our Wealth Society
    Huey long founds the SOWS (Share our Wealth Society), a program designed to share the nation'welath in an effort to create better living among all Americans.

  • National Union for Social Justice

    National Union for Social Justice
    Founded by Charles Coughlin (radio priest) in an effort to challenge Roosevelt's New Deal. Charles Coughlin now opposes the President, Franklin Roosevelt

  • Unemployment, 1935

    Unemployment, 1935
    Unemployment averaged at 20.1% that year

  • Secon New Deal

    Secon New Deal
    Congress passes the Second New Deal, another effort to create jobs and boost the economy.

  • Huey Long Assassinated

    Huey Long Assassinated
    Huey Long, creator of the Share our Wealth Society, is assassinated inside the Louisiana capitol building

  • Unemployment, 1936

    Unemployment, 1936
    unemployment averages at 16.9%

  • Roosevelt Reelected

    Roosevelt Reelected
    President Roosevelt is elected for office for his second time.

  • Unemployment, 1937

    Unemployment, 1937
    unemployment averages at 14.3%

  • Unemployment, 1938

    Unemployment, 1938
    unemployment averages at 19%

  • Unemployment, 1939

    Unemployment, 1939
    unemployment averages at 17.2%

  • Pearl Harbor, United States joins WW2

    Pearl Harbor, United States joins WW2
    The Japanese attacked pearl harbor, destroying tons of navy ships and killing hundreds or US soldiers. Americans are furious, and the great depression ends immediately.