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Stock Market Crash
"Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded 16 million shares on New Yourk Times exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost wiping out thousamds of investors. -
Construction of the Empire State Building
Under the direction of architects Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates, the framework rises 4 ½ stories per week. 1931: On May 1, President Hoover presses a button in Washington, D.C. officially opening and turning on the Empire State Building's lights -
Apple sellers
The street corners of New York City are crowded with apple-sellers. Nearly 6,000 unemployed individuals work at selling apples for five cents apiece. -
US officially gets national anthem
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was first used y the US Navy and by President Wilson. It was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution, signed by Herbert Hoover -
The March
Three thousand unemployed workers march on the Ford Motor Company's plant in River Rouge, Michigan. Dearborn police and Ford's company guards attack the workers, killing four and injuring many more. -
FDR is elected into office
Before Roosevelt became president, he was the Governor of New York. He was in office for four terms. -
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was the name given to the Great Plains region devastated by drought in 1930s depression-ridden America. By 1940, more than 2.5 million people had fled from the regions affected by the Dyst Bowl -
Neutrality Act passed
Congress passed the first Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States to foreign nations at war -
The Hindenberg Crash
The Hindenburg went down in Lakehurst, New Jersey. This killed 36 people and miraculously 159 people survived. The aircraft burnt up in minutes. -
WWII begins
World War ll basically created the allies and the axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries -
FDR third term election
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America's 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedentedthird term. Roosevelt, a Democrat, would eventually be elected to a record four terms in office, the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms. -
FDR approves military draft
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Service and Training Act, which requires all male citizens between the ages of 26 and 35 to register for the military draft
