America's Great Depression is regarded as having begun in 1929 with the
Stock Market crash, and ended in 1941 with America's entry into World
War II. However, to fully understand the Great Depression, one must
look at it in context of events that happened before and after those dates.
For that reason, the timeline below includes events many decades before
and after the Great Depression itself.
Several types of events are covered in the timeline below. The first is the passage of legislation that effects either the money supply, international trade, or price and wage controls. The second is important publications about economics. The third is business cycle peaks and troughs. The last is significant political and social events. |
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1882 |
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1887 |
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1890 |
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1892 |
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1894 |
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1897 |
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1903 |
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1904 |
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1906 |
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1907 |
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1908 |
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1911 |
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1912 |
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1913 |
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1914 |
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1915 |
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1916 |
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1917 |
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1918 |
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1919 |
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1920 |
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1921 |
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1922 |
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1923 |
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1924 |
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1925 |
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1926 |
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1927 |
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1928 |
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1929 |
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1930 |
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1931 |
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1932 |
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1933 |
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1934 |
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1935 |
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1936 |
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1937 |
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1938 |
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1939 |
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1940 |
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1941 |
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1942 |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
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1946 |
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1947 |
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1948 |
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1949 |
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1951 |
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1953 |
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1956 |
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1957 |
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1959 |
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