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Mobster Al Capone
LinkCapone was a part of the crime bosses which included smuggling alcohol and gambling. The boss before Capone retired after someone tried to kill him. That's when Capone took over the organization. Capone was put at the top of the F.B.I’s most wanted list by 1930. Capone became kingpin when he took out his competition in a bloody Massacre. -
The Bonus Army
LinkThe so called Bonus Army was formed when the senate would not pay War World l veterans their cash bonus that they were supposed to receive. The veterans were not to get this bonus until 1945. When the Great Depression began all of that changed. The veterans had no work and had families to provide for so they demanded their bonus immediately. Up to 15,000 marched there way up to Washington on May of 1932. -
Roosevelt is Inaugurated
LinkFranklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32Nd president of the United States pledging to lead the country out of The Great Depression. When Franklin Roosevelt became president on March 4 ,1933 America was in a state of despair. The Great Depression left millions of Americans workers without jobs. FDR took action from the start to end the crisis and to inspire Americans to overcome their fears. -
Indian Reorganization Act
LinkThe Indian Reorganization Act let Native Americans bring back their culture and traditions that was taking away from them. Their culture was taking away from them by the government Expansions. -
Banking Act Passed
LinkA lot of objects in the Banking Bill were being passed through both houses of congress on August 19,1935. The passage of this valuable piece of the Banking Bill had a surprisingly strong response, with a some observations from the press in view of the large public interest which had the bill in both House and Senate Committees on Banking and Currency present. -
Catholics and Politics: Charles Coughlin, John Ryan, and the 1936 Presidential Election
LinkFarther Coughlin set up a huge meeting with over 70,000 people in River view Park, Chicago, claims that he has not been removed by the Vatican for his activities, and denounces Franklin D. Roosevelt caused painful . Franklin D.Roosevelt and other administration officials was repeatedly accused of holding communist sympathies. -
The Historic 1936-37 Flint auto plant strikes
LinkCity workers and a couple of other civilians march toward a rally in Detroit’s Cadillac square in early 1937.The united people was on strike the general motors plants in Flint were encouraged when the Detroit rally drew over 100,000 people to be on strike. -
The Rape Of Nanjing
LinkThe rape of Nanjing began when the Japanese imperial army marching into the capital city of china Nanking. As the Japanese army marched into the city they began to kill civilians and soldiers in the city. The actual military invasion of Nanking was preceded tough battle at shanghai that began in the summer of 1937. The Chinese expected an easy victory over the Japanese arm which they got. -
The Grapes of Wrath
LinkA little literary works of the 1930’s had gotten the acclaim earned by John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. The book was published in March 1939, the novel about Oklahoma migrants became a strong feeling, which became in the best seller list in the beginning of May. -
The World’s Fair Opens in NYC
LinkThe opening ritual, which had a formal talk to the audience by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and New York Government Herbert Lehman, guided in the first day of television broadcasting in New York. People filled up 1,200 acres at Flushing Meadow in Queens, the fairground was checked by two imposing architectures the “Perisphere” and the “Trylon”.
