The Great Depression and the New Deal

By KTrae246

  • Stock market crash

    Stock market crash
    After years of excessive spending the stock market crashed in 1929.

  • Dust bowl

    Dust bowl
    Many large dust storms forced farmers to leave their farms.

  • Bonus Army

    Bonus Army
    Veterans from WW1 wanted money they were owed

  • 1932 election

    1932 election
    Between Hoover and Roosevelt, Roosevelt won

  • Bank Holiday

    Bank Holiday
    FDr called a bank holiday in order to reorganize and save the banks

  • Fireside chat

    Fireside chat
    FDR used the radio to communicazte with the U.S. citizens

  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps
    many people were employed to plant trees and conserve natural resources

  • National Recovery Act

    National Recovery Act
    law passed to stimulate economic recovery

  • 1936 election

    1936 election
    Between Alf Landon and FDR, Roosevelt won

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan attacks the U.S.