The Great Depression 1928-39

By zowang

  • 1928

    1928
    1928 with economy booming, U.S. voters elect another Republican president,
    Herbert Hoover (Nov. 6) in a landslide victory over Alfred E. Smith, governor of
    New York in the 1928 presidential election .

  • 1929

    1929
    Wall Street crashes. The Effects of the 1929 Wall Street Crash resulted in the closing of banks, higher unemployment rates, bankruptcies, suicides, starvation, evictions and wage cuts that led to the Great Depression. The global impact of the 1929 Wall Street Crash resulted in the world-wide collapse of share values.

  • 1931

    1931
    US suffers worst ever drought in its history, leading to the Dust Bowl years. People started to leave the west and relocate.

  • 1932

    1932
    Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the President of the United States. he served from 1933-45

  • 1932

    1932
    The 21st Amendment is passed repealing the 18th Amendment ending prohibition of alcohol.

  • 1934

    1934
    Slum Clearance begins in New York and other major US cities.

  • 1935

    1935
    The Boulder (Hoover) Dam is completed. The main purposes for the construction of the Hoover Dam were to control floods of fertile, but dry agricultural land, and to provide a reliable source of water and electrical power for millions of people in its adjacent areas.

  • 1936

    1936
    Margaret Mitchell's Civil War novel "Gone With the Wind" is published.
    Becomes one of the most well known books ever.

  • 1937

    1937
    Amelia Mary Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigation flight attempt.

  • 1938

    1938
    Germany begins its persecution of Jews. Which made tensions rise around the world.

  • 1939

    1939
    Germany attacks Poland starting World War II. Tensions continue to rise globally.

  • 1939

    1939
    Lou Gehrig retires from Major League Baseball after being diagnosed with ALS. Soon after will be inducted into Hall of Fame.