The Great Depression

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

The stock market crashes starting the Great Depression

Food Riots

Feb 1, 1931

In parts of the US men and women smash the windows of grocery markets and make off with fruit, canned goods, bacon, and ham

Ford's Company March

Mar 1, 1932

Three thousand unemployed workers march on the Ford Motor Company's plant in River Rouge, Michigan.

Federal Agricultural Act

Sep 1, 1933

The Federal Agricultural Program orders the slaughter of 6 million pigs to stabilize prices

Black Sunday

May 1, 1934

A three-day dust storm blows 350 million tons of soil off of the terrain of the West and Southwest and blows as far east as New York and Boston

Wagner National Labor Relations Act

Jul 1, 1935

FDR signs the Wagner National Labor Relations Act

Migrant Mother

Mar 1, 1936

Photographer Dorothea Lange takes the picture known as the Migrant Mother

General Motors Strike

Jan 1, 1937

United Automobile Workers strike at the General Motors Plant in Flint, Michigan

MemorialDay Massacre

May 31, 1937

10 people are killed and dozens are wounded when Republic Steel's South Chicago plant workers and their families try to combine a picnic with a rally and demonstration

Roosevelt is Elected

Nov 5, 1940

Roosevelt is elected winning 60% of the votes from northern cities