The Great Depression

Prohibition Begins

Jan 16, 1920

time period where it was a law where you couldnt sell alcohol.

Teapot-Dome Scandal

Apr 15, 1922

Interior leased government oil reserves to private oilman in return for bribes.

Spirit of St. Louis landing in Paris

May 21, 1927

first airplane to take flight.

Spirit of St. Louis takes across the Atlantic

Jun 11, 1927

Three month tour that went all the way across the Atlantic.

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Where the stock prices fell tremendously!

Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

Jun 17, 1930

Import tax authorized by the congress.

Bonus Army March

Jul 28, 1932

Demanding early payment bonus that was promised by congress

FDIC

Aug 16, 1932

guarnteeing that the peoples money will be safe in their bank.

Herbert Hoover is Elected

Nov 8, 1932

Helping jobs out by loaning money and helping things out economically wise.

President Coolidge

Jan 5, 1933

President who said he would do everything that President Hoover did, but he lied.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected

Mar 4, 1933

President that accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for President during the Great Depression.

Tennessee Valley Authority

May 20, 1933

A dam that controlls flooding and generates elctric power.

Civilian Conservation Corps

Jun 30, 1933

Provided young man jobs on environmental projects.

Dust Bowl

Nov 11, 1933

Where the central & southern Great Plains suffered from drought and dust storms.

Prohibition Ends

Dec 5, 1933

This date in histroy is when alcohol became legal to sell and make.

Work Progress Adminstration

May 6, 1935

allowing people to work longer hours for more money.

Social Security Act

Aug 14, 1935

Being elgiable to withdraw money from the government

Beginning of WWII

Sep 1, 1939

A deadly war where approximately 61 million people lost their lives!