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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
On May 10, 1924, Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed the 29-year-old Hoover acting director of the Bureau, and by the end of the year, Mr. Hoover was named Director. -
Mein Kampf is Published
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs, ideology, and future plans for Germany and the world. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
The "Great Depression " was a severe, worldwide economic disintegration symbolized in the United States by the stock market crash on "Black Tuesday", October 29, 1929. The causes of the Great Depression varied, but the impact was visible across the country. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
When Was the Dust Bowl? The Dust Bowl, also known as “the Dirty Thirties,” started in 1930 and lasted for about a decade, but its long-term economic impacts on the region lingered much longer. -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was sworn in as the chancellor of Germany on 30 January 1933. The Nazis were now in power. -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President
Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933, when he was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States. -
CCC is Created
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government work relief program for unemployed men and women. -
WPA is Created
FDR issued Executive Order 7034, establishing the Works Progress Administration. The WPA superseded the work of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, which was dissolved. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
J.J. Braddock was an American world heavyweight boxing champion from June 13, 1935, when he outpointed Max Baer in 15 rounds at the Long Island City Bowl in New York City -
Olympic Games in Berlin
Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals in Germany in front of Adolf Hitler. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel. -
Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath has captured the American imagination, pulling back the curtain on a way of life that most of us could scarcely imagine, and showing us the powerful ways that literature can touch society. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
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Germany Invades Poland
America shall fight Germany to the DEATH! -
The Four Freedoms Speech
This speech became known as his "Four Freedoms Speech" due to a short closing portion in which he described his vision for extending American ideals throughout the world.