TIMELINE OF EVENTS
| 1931 | Scottsboro Nine tried for rape |
| 1932–1939 | Dust storms sweep through Great Plains |
| 1932 | Creation of Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
| River Rouge autoworkers’ strike | |
| Milo Reno creates the Farm Holiday Association | |
| Bonus Army marches on Washington, D.C. | |
| 1933 | Roosevelt takes steps to stabilize banking and financial systems |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act passed | |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) created | |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) created | |
| National Recovery Administration (NRA) created | |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) created | |
| 1934 | Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) passed |
| Francis Townsend forms Old-Age Revolving Pensions Corporation | |
| Huey Long establishes Share Our Wealth movement | |
| Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established | |
| 1935 | Charles E. Coughlin organizes National Union for Social Justice |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) established | |
| Social Security Act passed | |
| National Labor Relations Act passed | |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) founded | |
| Creation of the Soil Conservation Service | |
| 1937 | United Auto Workers conduct sit-down strikes against General Motors in Flint, Michigan |
| Roosevelt proposes to increase the size of the Supreme Court | |
| 1938 | Fair Labor Standards Act passed |