Timeline

1929

  • The Stock Market crashed.
  • Black Thursday.

    1930

  • The Bank of the United States goes bankrupt.

    1931

  • Unemployed people march on the nation's capital.

    1932

  • In Chicago, FDR accepts the Democratic nomination.
  • At the Ford Motor company at Dearborn, Michigan, workers get violent during a strike.
  • Army soldiers attack war veterans looking for a bonus at Washington, D.C.

    1933

  • Franklin Roosevelt is the president of the United States of America.
  • Franklin Roosevelt signs the Emergency Banking Bill.
  • Franklin Roosevelt signs the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
  • Franklin Roosevelt signs the Homeowners Refinancing Act.
  • The CWA is formed.
  • The NRA is established (This is the National Recovery Administration, not the National Rifle Association).
  • Franklin Roosevelt signs the National Industrial Recovery Act.

    1934

  • The CWA is discontinued.

    1935

  • Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act.

    1936

  • Alfred E. Smith is against Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal.
  • Franklin Roosevelt is reelected.

    1937

  • Strikers sit down in car factories in Detroit.
  • In Chicago, police attack strikers at Republic Steel Corporation.

    1939

  • The Great Depression is over.

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