| •1931 | Scottsboro Nine tried for rape |
| •1932–1939 | Dust Bowl storms |
| •1932 | Reconstruction Finance Corporation created |
| River Rouge autoworkers' strike |
| Farm Holiday Association formed |
| Bonus Army marches |
| •1933 | Roosevelt moves to stabilize banking and financial systems |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act passed |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration created |
| Tennessee Valley Authority created |
| National Recovery Administration created |
| Civilian Conservation Corps created |
| 1934 | Indian Reorganization Act passed |
| Francis Townsend forms Old-Age Revolving Pensions Corporation |
| Huey Long establishes Share Our Wealth movement |
| Securities and Exchange Commission created |
| •1935 | Charles E. Coughlin organizes National Union for Social Justice |
| Works Progress Administration created |
| Social Security Act passed |
| National Labor Relations Act passed |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations founded |
| •1937 | Sit-down strike against General Motors |
| Roosevelt proposes to increase the size of the Supreme Court |
| •1938 | Fair Labor Standards Act passed |