-
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
This is an autobiographical written by Adolf Hitler about his struggles through his life -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
The stock market crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression because everyone lost money. Investors and businesses both put significant amounts of money into the market and tremendous amounts of money were lost when it crashed -
The Dust Bowl Begins
Started in 1930 and lasted for about a decade and made long-term economic impacts -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
FDR was first elected to office in 1932 -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party -
CCC is Created
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government work relief program -
WPA is Created
Franklin D. Roosevelt created the WPA with an executive order on May 6, 1935. It was part of his New Deal plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
he outpointed Max Baer in 15 rounds at the Long Island City Bowl in New York City -
Olympic Games in Berlin
The 1936 Olympic Games were fraught with controversy. Nazi's persecution of Jews sparked a widespread movement in the U.S. to boycott the Olympics -
Kristallnacht
a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilians -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
The Wizard of Oz officially premiered in Hollywood on August 15, 1939, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre -
Germany Invades Poland
Invasion of Poland, attack on Poland by Nazi Germany that marked the start of World War II -
The Four Freedoms Speech
The freedom of speech, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear - symbolized America's war aims and gave hope in the following years