The Great Depression

  • Herbert Hoovers Presidency

    Herbert Hoovers Presidency

    He was awful and eventually lost awfully in a debate against Roosevelt
  • Market Crash and Bank Failures

    Market Crash and Bank Failures

    Stock Markets Crashed
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    The US stock market experienced a collapse. Led to the loss of trillions of dollars.
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    An environmental and economic disaster in the 1930s that saw severe dust storms.
  • Hoovervilles

    Hoovervilles

    Makeshift shantytowns were built by homeless people during the Great Depression.
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Raised import duties on over 2000 goods, which sparked retaliation from other nations, reduced international trade, and worsened the Great Depression.
  • Scottsboro Boys Case

    Scottsboro Boys Case

    Nine African American teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro.
  • Bonus Army

    Bonus Army

    A group of over 17,000 World War 1 Veterans, their families, and supporters who marched on Washington DC in 1932
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's Black Cabinet

    Franklin D. Roosevelt's Black Cabinet

    An unofficial advisory group of African American federal officials who worked to ensure that Black communities received a fair share of benefits from Roosevelt's New Deal Programs.
  • Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidency

    Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidency

    Led the country through the Great Depression.
  • Bank Holiday

    Bank Holiday

    Closed all banks for four days to stabilize the financial system.
  • First Fireside Chat

    First Fireside Chat

    Radio address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to explain the recent banking crisis and the government's plan to solve it.
  • FDIC creation

    FDIC creation

    Designed to restore public confidence in the nations banking system.
  • Indian Reorganization Act

    Indian Reorganization Act

    A federal law that marked a major shift in the United States' policy towards Native Americans.
  • National Housing Act

    National Housing Act

    Stimulate the economy, stabilize the housing market, and make homeownership more accessible.
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act

    Created a federal safety net for the elderly, unemployed, and disadvantaged.