The Great Depression

By R1kelme
  • CCC is Created

    CCC is Created
    The CCC allowed single men between the ages of 18 and 25 to enlist in work programs to improve America's public lands, forests, and parks
  • J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
    J. Edgar Hoover served for 48 years in which he became a tyrant whom no one wanted to cross shortly after he died, a law was passed setting the Director's term as ten years
  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins
    A series of droughts combined with non-sustainable agricultural practices led to devastating dust storms, famine, diseases, and deaths related to breathing dust
  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is Published
    A 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler which outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs, his political ideology and future plans for Germany and the world
  • Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
    The stock market crash led directly to the Great Depression. Stocks plummeted on the New York Stock Exchange
  • Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
    Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party
  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
    FDR was first inaugurated as the 32nd President to the first of four terms
  • WPA is Created

    WPA is Created
    An American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads
  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
    James outpointed Max Baer in 15 rounds at the Long Island City Bowl in New York City
  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    Olympic Games in Berlin
    The Berlin Games were the 10th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. The event was held in a tense, politically charged atmosphere, occurring just two years after Adolf Hitler became Führer.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, was the Nazi dictatorship's declaration of war against German and Austrian Jews
  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    Grapes of Wrath is Published
    An American realist novel written by John Steinbeck chronicles the migration of the Joad family from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl.
  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
    The Wizard of Oz officially premiered in Hollywood at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
  • Germany Invades Poland

    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

    The Four Freedoms Speech
    A powerful vision for a world in which all people had freedom of speech and of religion and freedom from want and fear