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world war 1 ends
began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
herbert hoover is elected
Hoover is the most recent cabinet secretary to be elected President of the United States, as well as one of only two Presidents elected without electoral experience or high military rank. -
unemployment hits 25%
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s.[ -
black tuesday
The most catastrophic stock market crash in the history of the United States, Black Tuesday took place on October 29, 1929 and was when the price of stocks completely collapsed. -
first bank panic
The Panic of 1930 was a financial crisis that occurred in the United States which led to a severe decline in the money supply during a period of declining economic activity. -
hawley smmot tarrif
Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels.[2] -
1930 midterms
Over the summer, though, the economy began to slow. Then, less than seven months after Hoover’s inauguration, the stock market suffered its steep descent. By 1930, the Great Depression was fully underway. -
second bank panic
The Second Bank of the United States itself deeply enmeshed in these inflationary practices sought to compensate for its laxness in regulating the state bank credit market by initiating a sharp curtailment in loans by its western branches, beginning in 1818. -
food riot
Food riots began in part of the U.S., including Minneapolis where men and women demolish a grocery store and take canned goods, fruit and meat. The shop owner is injured. -
fdr is elected
March 1933 to his death in April 1945, he was elected for four consecutive terms, and remains the only president ever to serve more than eight years -
the first hundred days
March 4, 1933, was perhaps the Great Depression's darkest hour. The stock market had plunged 85% from its high in 1929, and nearly one-fourth of the workforce was unemployed -
emergency banking act
The Emergency Banking Act (the official title of which was the Emergency Banking Relief Act) was an act passed by the United States Congress in 1933 in an attempt to stabilize the economy because of the Great Depression -
tenneesee valley authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression. -
first new deal begins
he New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936, and a few that came later -
second new deal begins
The Second New Deal is the term used by commentators at the time[1] and historians ever since to characterize the second stage of the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In his address to Congress in January 1935, Roosevelt called for three major goals: -
fdr attempts to stack court
he Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937 frequently called the "court-packing plan was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. Roosevelt's purpose was to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislation that the court had ruled unconstitutional -
us enters world war 2
The military history of the United States' involvement in World War II covers the war against Japan, Germany and Italy starting with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor
