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Stock Market Crash
The stock market crashed. -
The Dust Bowl
Along with the Great Depression was the Dust Bowl in the middle of the country. The Dust Bowl was taking place in the Great Plains. Which included Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado. -
Al Capone was imprisoned
Chicago gangster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to 11 years in federal prison, ending his control of the Chicago underworld. -
Unemployement
At the peak of the Great Depression the unemployed persons in the U.S. had reached 8.7 percent up about 5 percent from when the Great Depression had started. -
Alcatraz Becomes a Federal Prison
Alcatraz went from a prison to a federal prison. -
Hitler came to power
After months of negotiations, the president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg, will appoint Hitler chancellor of Germany. -
Jobless People
The amount of unemployed workers was on the rise. People couldn't find jobs to support their family. -
Golden Gate Bridge Opened
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the one mile wide, three mile long channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. -
Amelia Earhart Vanishes
The Lockheed aircraft carrying American aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan is reported missing near Howland Island in the Pacific. -
Hitler Annexes Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
World War 2 begins
World War 2 began and ended on September 2 1945 -
Roosevelt was elected
He was elected for his third term.
