The Great Depression

  • Black Thursday

    Black Thursday
    The Stock Market crashes, signaling the beginning of the Great Depression to the American nation.
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    Alexandre Hogue creates his famous Erosion series in response to Texas' damage by the Dust Bowl

  • Dirty Thirties

    Dirty Thirties
    The ten-year Dust Bowl begins, effecting the farmlands of the Southern and Midwestern United States.
  • Federal Economy Act

    Federal Economy Act
    The Federal Economy Act of 1932 is passed, preventing both persons in a marriage to be emplyed. Due to the discrimination
    against working women in the 1930s, most of the individuals effected by this act are females.
  • First New Deal begins

    First New Deal begins
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt implements the first set of New Deal relief programs. These programs are the Banking Act, the Beer-Wine Revenues Act, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA), the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA).
  • THe Domestic Workers Union of New York is founded

    THe Domestic Workers Union of New York is founded
  • The Second New Deal begins

    The Second New Deal begins
    President Roosevelt contiues the federal relief programs, providing aid to an expanded audience through this set of programs. These programs are the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, the Rural Electrification Adminitration, the Social Security Act, the Wagner Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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    Clara Mahl works with the Works Progress Administration in New York

  • Domestic Workers is created by Clara Mahl

    Domestic Workers is created by Clara Mahl
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    Riva Helfond works with Works Progress Administration in New York

  • Riva Helfond creates Coal Pickers

    Riva Helfond creates Coal Pickers
  • Alexandre Hogue creates Hooking on at Central Power

    Alexandre Hogue creates Hooking on at Central Power
  • The Great Depression comes to end as American mobilizes for military combat in World War II

    The Great Depression comes to end as American mobilizes for military combat in World War II