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The Stock Market Crash (Black Thursday)
The stock market loses $30 Billion. Rosenburg, Jennifer. “The Stock Market Crash of 1929.” About.com 20th Century History. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2013. http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/stockcrash1929.htm -
Food Riots
Hungry Americans steal food and break into stores to feed their families. The unemployed workers movement - Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward. (n.d.). Retrieved March 07, 2018, from https://libcom.org/history/1930-1939-unemployed-workers-movement -
Roosevelt is Elected President
People hoped that Roosevelt would end this depression and be a stronger president than Hoover. Matt Jaworowski, Media General National Desk. (2017, January 19). Why is Inauguration Day on January 20? Retrieved March 07, 2018, from http://wpri.com/2017/01/16/why-is-inauguration-day-on-january-20/ -
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Thousands of young men were given jobs to work on large projects such as parks, and roads. Civilian Conservation Corps Poster | Poster. (2003, December 01). Retrieved March 07, 2018, from https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM5762 -
The Tennessee Valley Authority is Created
This act brought jobs and electricity to those living in the South. Loring, Kyle A. "Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)." Major Acts of Congress, edited by Brian K. Landsberg, vol. 3, Macmillan Reference USA, 2004, pp. 225-228. U.S. History in Context, http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?gwurl=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3407400283/UHIC?u=mlin_b_bps&xid=a50b4334. Accessed 7 Mar. 2018.