https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq Timeline of the Great Depression en-us 2021-02-24 15:36:55 UTC 2025-12-01 22:24:37 UTC hello@padlet.com 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1236905837 Black Thursday- Dow Jones industrial drops 11%.]]> 2021-02-24 15:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1236905837 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1236943930 Black Monday- The Dow falls an additional 13%.]]> 2021-02-24 15:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1236943930 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237021650 Black Tuesday- Over 16 million shares sold as the Dow falls further 12%.]]> 2021-02-24 16:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237021650 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237035187 The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was signed into law, raising tariffs. Other countries immediately retaliate by also raising tariffs.]]> 2021-02-24 16:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237035187 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237047926 Unemployment rate passes 20%, and Frankiln Delano Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover in landslide victory for presidential election.]]> 2021-02-24 16:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237047926 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237056841 Unemployment rate hits worst level of depression at nearly 25%.]]> 2021-02-24 16:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237056841 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237072038 FDR declares a bank holiday as over 9,000 banks closed.]]> 2021-02-24 16:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237072038 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237079837 FDR inaugurated and immediately begins implementing policies that were part of the "New Deal" ]]> 2021-02-24 16:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237079837 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237090257 More initiatives are implemented, including the Social Security Act known as the "Second New Deal".]]> 2021-02-24 16:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237090257 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237099280 FDR re-elected in even larger landslide.]]> 2021-02-24 16:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237099280 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237103793 After a couple years of economic growth, the economy hits another recession. ]]> 2021-02-24 16:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237103793 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237110769 United States enters World War II]]> 2021-02-24 16:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237110769 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237115170 The number of unemployed Americans falls under 1 million. ]]> 2021-02-24 16:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237115170 62397 https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237133100 Food riots broke out in Minneapolis. ]]> 2021-02-24 16:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/62397/qgzj5vyt6nmmssvq/wish/1237133100