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The Great Depression!

  • Herbert Hoover elected President.

    Herbert Hoover elected President.
    Head of the U.S. Food Administration during World War I.
  • Franklin Roosevelt elected President for his first term.

    Franklin Roosevelt elected President for his first term.
    FDR was elected and esablished a new idea named the "New Deal"
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl
    A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s
  • FDR Court Packing Scheme

    FDR Court Packing Scheme
    A series of economic programs designed to counter the devastating effects of the Great Depression
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    Is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic as much as by underlying economic factors.