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Herbert Hoover is elected as president of the United States
In the election of 1928, republican candidate Herbert Hoover won. He was elected the 31st president of the united states and was in office on March 4th, 1929. -
stock market crash
The name Black Tuesday represents the huge drop in stock market values in the United States. Billions of dollars were taken out of banks for unemployment. This caused of 600 banks nationwide to close. Unemployment numbers went from 4 million to 12 million from 1930-1932. -
The dust bowl
The dust bowl was a natural disaster that hit the United States in 1930. High winds picked up dry dirt from the plains of Oklahoma and Texas and traveled across other states. The dust had an impact on respiratory health and damaged farmers crops/cattle. This lasted about a decade. -
Banks no more
During the great depression, banks had kept everyone's money stored. Many people wanted there money back, but very little succeed. People were struggling for cash and wanted to use there money in there savings to live. The banks however couldn't do this action and had riots in banks across America. Over 600 banks had to close nationwide due to the situation. -
Hoovervilles
Hoovervilles were shady areas built by the homeless. They were called Hoovervilles to target President Hoover for the stock market crash and unemployment. These houses were very unsanitary and caused health problems for the residents. -
Bonus Army
After the United States victory in WWI, veterans were promised a bonus for there service. Many were struggling at the time, so they demanded there bonus. Many veterans had marched Herbert Hoover couldn't give them there bonus, so he ordered the US army to drive off the veterans. This had a major impact on the 1932 presidential election. -
1932 election
This election was between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover. This was the 37th presidential election of the United States, and many call it the most important one. Many people didn't like the decisions made by Hoover during the great depression, so there was a clear winner. Democratic Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt won the electoral vote 472-59. He had 42 of the states to vote blue and won the popular vote 22,821,277 to 15,761,254. The overall percentage between the two was 57.4% - 39.7% -
FDR takes office
Franklin D. Roosevelt took office and was making big changes quickly. He introduced the FDR New Deal. Many people saw his as the way of leading the United States out of the Great Depression. -
The Great deal
The Great deal was a program developed by FDR. It introduced many programs used to give young men jobs and raise employment. These programs gave jobs to over 20 million people in about two years -
Bank Holiday
Franklin Roosevelt shut down the banking system on March 6th, 1933. This lasted till March 13th. During this period, he created the Emergency Banking act. This created a 100% deposit guarantee that made banks safe and trustworthy for the public to used. This had Americans store more then half of there hoarded cash and had stocks go up in less then 2 weeks. This act by congress and Franklin Roosevelt stabilize the U.S banking system -
Social Security Act
The social security act was the start of social security. Passed by congress and signed by President Roosevelt, the act was too provide a social insurance that benefits for retirement for people over 65 After the age of 65, benefits were to be paid to primary workers based on the taxes they paid during his or her working life. -
An End but New Beginning
As the Great depression was nearing an end, a war between Japan and the United Kingdom had started. United states being a major ally to the United Kingdom had declared war on japan just nine hours later. This had employment rates go up by 10%. Millions of men and woman were drafted to fight oversees. Factories required more workers to make defense supplies for ww2. This ended the great depression but started one of the worst international battles the world had every seen.
