Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1928-1933 Era

Date	Presidential Election/ Event	Beyond America/ Foreign Policy	Government Institutions	US Economic Development	Issue/Organization Development	Political Party Development
1928-11	Herbert Hoover v. Al Smith					Republican win
1929-10-24				Crash – 1^st day $9B loss – 13M shares
1929-10-29				Crash – 16M shares
1931-11						Republican losses – 1^st since 1916
1930				Hawley-Smoot Tariff – lobbyists make it protect manufacturing not farming
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 Expeditionary Force (Bonus March)
1932-10+				States’ bank holidays
1932-11				Emergency Relief and Construction Act
1932-11	Herbert Hoover v. F. D. Roosevelt v. Norman Thomas			From 1920 to 1932 – bushel of wheat from $2.94 to 30 cents From 1929 to 1932- Federal Reserve-“money supply” by 1/3 From 1929 to 1933 – GDP drop of 27% By 1932 1 in 4 workers without a job	Worse for - Dust bowl - African Americans - Mexicans and Mexican Americans (deportations)	Democratic win

Reconstruction Finance Corporation = “emergency loans to struggling banks, life-insurance companies, and railroads” (page 839)

Emergency Relief and Construction Act = “authorized the RFC to make loans to the states for construction projects” (839)