The Great Depression

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  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Hoover is inaugurated in as president of the U.S.

  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    The Stock Market Crash starts The Great Depression.

  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl
    Dust Bowl hits the Midwest. Farmers lose their livelihood and homes. This made the economy even worse after the Stock Market Crash

  • Bonus Army

    Bonus Army
    WWI Veterans march into DC demanding pensions. General MacArthur uses force to remove them because they didn't have the money they promised.

  • FDR Elected

    FDR Elected
    FDR wins the election over Herbert Hoover and inspires hope, confidence, and optimism into the people of the U.S.

  • 20th Amendment

    20th Amendment
    Sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end. This made it so defeated President's weren't in Congress for a long time.

  • The New Deal

    The New Deal
    FDR officially becomes the president and immediately implements the New Deal to start relief, reforming, and recovering the economy.

  • Frances Perkins

    Frances Perkins
    The first women Secretary of Labor for the U.S. This is huge for women in this time period.

  • 21st Amendment

    21st Amendment
    This Amendment ended the increasingly unpopular prohibition of Alcohol in the U.S. This repeals the 18th Amendment.

  • The Second New Deal Introduced

    The Second New Deal Introduced
    The Second New Deal important because it brought welfare programs such as the Fair Labor Act and the Social Security Act.

  • Hoover Dam Finshed

    Hoover Dam Finshed
    The Hoover Dam was finally finished and would bring water and electric to the West.

  • U.S enters WWII

    U.S enters WWII
    The U.S. joined the war after a surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This event is is important because it helps lift the U.S out of the Great Depression and U.S helped win the war.