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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
Hoover got rid of a number of other employees from the FBI due to their political ideas and other things. He was head until 1972. -
Mein Kampf is Published
An autobiography by Adolf Hitler detailing Hitler's future plans for the Nazis. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
The stock market crash of 1929 was caused by buying stock on margin meaning people would take a loan and invest in stock for a chance to make a profit. This ended up causing the Great Depression. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
Severe drought hit the Midwest and southern Great Plains which caused massive dust storms. -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, he implemented many things to combat one of the worst economic disasters of the United States. -
Adolf Hitler Became Chancellor of Germany
He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide. Hitler destroyed the nation’s democratic institutions and transformed Germany into a war state intent on conquering Europe for the benefit of the so-called Aryan race. -
CCC is Created
The Civilian Conservation Corps recruited unemployed young men from urban areas to perform conservation work throughout the nation's forests, parks, and fields. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
Braddock was a boxer who was famous due to his increase in skill and winning the Heavyweight Boxing Title. -
WPA is Created
President 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 by reforming the financial system and restoring the economy to pre-Depression levels. -
Olympic Games in Berlin
Officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade) and commonly known as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was an attack by Nazis that broke and ransacked many buildings of Jews. -
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. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
The Wizard of Oz was a movie that was loved by many that was based on the novel by L. Frank. Baum. -
Germany Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union; which marked the beginning of World War II. -
The Four Freedoms Speech
Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote the Four Freedoms Speech. His "four essential human freedoms" were freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.