1930's

  • J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    he started in 1935 to 1972 until his death
  • Mein Kampf

    Hitler published a book on his struggles and ideas on Naziism
  • Stock market crash begins the great depression

    Stock markets crashed and everyone who invested in stocks lost them
  • Dust Bowl

    In 1931 the top soil blew away in the Western U.S causing a hardship for American farmers
  • CCC

    provided jobs for the unemployed and helped the nation recover from the depression
  • FDR

    FDR served 4 terms. the only president to do that
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    He promised the German people a better Germany
  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    was a boxer that boxed to earn money in the great depression. 10-1 underdog to Sullivan to win the world championship
  • WPA is Created

    projects that built American infrastructure and put Americans to work
  • Olympic games in Berlin

    It was Hitlers chance to show off Nazi power
  • Kristallnacht

    one of many programs carried out by Hitler against the jews
  • Germany invades Poland

    Hitler decided he needed more land for Germany to grow
  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    a classic movie released in 1939
  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    john Steinback won the Pulitzer prize for this novel
  • The Four Freedoms Speech

    1941 state of the union speech where FDR promoted freedom of speech religion and freedom from want and fear
  • The Great Depression

    Stock market crashed