Study
Tool: Chronological Events of the 1932-1939 Era – Abridged
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This
chronology does not include the Foreign Affairs column or the US Land
Expansion column, nor the details and footnotes in other columns.
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Date |
Presidential
Election/ Event |
Government
Institutions |
US Economic
Development |
Issue/Organization
Development |
Political Party
Development |
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1932-11 |
Herbert Hoover v. F. D. Roosevelt v. Norman Thomas |
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Dust Bowl in 1930s in high plains |
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1933-01 |
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20th
Amendment ratified – ends March start |
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1933-03 |
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National “bank
holiday”; federal inspection; license |
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“fireside chat” - 1st
New Deal starts |
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1933-03 |
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Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC) |
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1933-04 |
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US abandons the
gold standard |
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1933-05 |
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Federal Emergency
Relief Administration, FERA) |
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1933-05 |
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Agricultural
Adjustment Act (AAA) |
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1933-05 |
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1933-06 |
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Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp. (FDIC) |
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1933-06 |
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Home and farm
refinancing |
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1933-06 |
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National Recovery
Administration (NRA) Public Works
Administration (PWA) |
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1933-06-16 |
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Special session
adjourns |
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1933-11 |
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Civilian Works
Administration (CWA), Harry Hopkins |
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1933-12 |
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21st
Amendment – repeal of Prohibition |
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1934-00 |
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Liberty League
formed. Others [1] |
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1934-06 |
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Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) est. |
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1934-06 |
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Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) est. |
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1934-06 |
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Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) est. |
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1934-11 |
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Democrats – 9 more
in House, in Senate |
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1935-00 |
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Schechter v. |
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1935-01 |
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20th
Amendment, 1st use |
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2nd New Deal starts |
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1935-04 |
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Soil Conservation
Service est. in Agriculture Dept. |
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1935-05 |
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Resettlement
Administration (RA) |
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Huey Long assassinated |
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1935-05 |
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Rural
Electrification Administration (REA) |
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1935-06 |
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National Youth
Administration (NYA) |
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1935-07 |
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National Labor
Relations Act – Wagner Act |
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1935-08 |
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Social Security
est. |
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1935-11 |
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Congress of
Industrial Organization (CIO), |
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1936-00 9 |
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Olympics in |
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1936-11 |
Alfred M. Landon
v. F. D. Roosevelt v. William Lemke |
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Endorsement of Lemke’s Union Party by
Father Coughlin’s group |
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1937-01 |
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1937-02 + |
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Supreme Court, justices to 15 maximum;
shift |
GM sit-down
strike; FDR does not send troups |
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1937-05 |
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Republic Steel –
10 strikers shot |
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1937-11+ |
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Recession – renew
relief |
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Southern Democrats shift Republican |
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1938-00 9 |
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Fair Labor
Standards Act |
Heavyweight title
–Joe Louis Max Schmeling |
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1938-10 |
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“War of the
Worlds,” Orson Welles |
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1938-11 |
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Republican increases |
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1939-04 |
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Marian Anderson, |
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Copyright C. J. Bibus,
Ed.D. 2017 |
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Last Updated: |
2017 |
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[1] Others = Share Our Wealth, Huey Long of LA; Old Age Revolving Pension, Dr. Francis Townsend of CA ; National Union for Social Justice, Father Charles E. Couglin