Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1928-1933 Era

 

 

Date

Presidential Election/ Event

Beyond America/ Foreign Policy

Government Institutions

US Land Expansion

US Economic Development

Issue/Organization Development

Political Party Development

1928-11

Herbert Hoover v. Al Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

1929-10-24

 

 

 

 

Crash – 1st day $9B loss – 13M shares

 

 

1929-10-29

 

 

 

 

Crash – 16M shares

 

 

1931-11

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republican losses – 1st since 1916

1930

 

 

 

 

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

 

 

1931

 

18-month moratorium – foreign debt collection

 

 

 

 

 

1931-09

 

Japanese: Manchurian invasion; Stimson Doctrine

 

 

 

 

 

1932-02

 

 

 

 

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

 

 

1932-03

 

 

 

 

Norris-LaGuardia Act (labor)

Milo Reno – Farmers’ Holiday Association

 

1932-07

 

 

 

 

Bonus March (veterans)

 

 

1932-10+

 

 

 

 

State bank holidays

 

 

1932-11

 

 

 

 

Emergency Relief and Construction Act

 

 

1932-11

Herbert Hoover v. F. D. Roosevelt v. Norman Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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