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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
President Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as the fifth Director of the Bureau of Investigation -
Mein Kampf published
This is volume 1 of Adolf hitlers philosophical auto biography. This book was a clear blueprint for the terror that was about to unfold in Europe. -
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Great Depression
In august of 1929 the stock market would crash making America enter one of the darkest times in American history. People were struggling to find jobs as 30% of the workforce was now unemployed. People would line up for miles to get free soup and bread. many of these people would become homeless, and hungry. -
dust bowl begins
Massive dust storms begin to form in the mid west and last for about 6 years. -
Adolf rules Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945. -
Franklin Roosevelt 1st term
Franklin Roosevelt was selected as president of the U.S. -
ccc is created
Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC was part of his New Deal legislation combating high unemployment during the Great Depression by putting hundreds of thousands of young men to work on environmental conservation projects. -
WPA is Created
The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers to carry out public works projects. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
at Madison Square Garden Bowl, Braddock won the Heavyweight Championship of the World as the 10-to-1 underdog -
Olympic Games in Berlin
the 1936 Olympics were held here. There was a total of 3,963 athletes. With significantly more men than women -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung paramilitary forces along with civilians throughout Nazi Germany -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
the movie Wizard of OZ came to theaters -
Invasion of Poland
Poland was invaded by Germany. The German army Led by Adolf Hitler would throw millions of polish jews in concentration camps. In an attempt to try and win out all of this. Known as genocide. -
The Four Freedoms Speech
The Four Freedoms Speech was a speech given by President Roosevelt. The four freedoms he outlined were freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.