Great depression

The Great Depression

By Jon R.

  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    What is commonly known as Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed and began the Great Depression. The crash was more spread over a two week period than one day event.
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    The Great Depression

  • Apple Vendors

    Apple Vendors
    Nearly 6,000 unemployed individuals work selling apples on streets for five cents apiece.

  • Food Riots

    Food Riots
    "Food riots" begin to break out in parts of the U.S.

  • No Nickels

    No Nickels
    Because the circulation of money was so low, the U.S. didn't mint nickels in 1932 or 1933

  • Roosevelt Elected

    Roosevelt Elected
    Franklin Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in a landslide for presidency.

  • Highest Point

    Highest Point
    The Great Depression reached its pinocle, some 13 to 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half of the country’s banks had failed

  • The Radio Priest

    The Radio Priest
    Charles Coughlin starts a weekly broadcast. His listeners got up to an average of 45 million.

  • National Union for Social Justice

    National Union for Social Justice
    Charles Coughlin establishes the National Union for Social Justice.

  • Roosevelt Reelected

    Roosevelt Reelected
    Roosevelt won a second term against Alf Landon in another landslide. Roosevelt won every state but Vermont and Maine.

  • Leaving the Great Plains

    Leaving the Great Plains
    By 1940, 2.5 million people had fled the Great Plains. Roughly 200,000 moved to California