The Great Depression

J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

Mar 10, 1924

At 29 years old, Attorney General Harlan Fiske Ston appointed Hoovere as the acting director of the Bureau. By the end of the year, Mr. Hoover was named Director. As Director, Mr. Hoover made several systematic changes to the administration.

Mein Kampf is published

Jul 18, 1925

Mien Kampf shows Hitler's personal grievances and his ambitions for creating a New Order and fabricated stories of Jewish plans to take over the world.

Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

1929

The Stock Market crash caused the Great Depression because no one had any money. When investors put significant money into businesses and they crashed, businesses closed and people lost their savings.

The Dust Bowl

1930

The Dust Bowl was a series of storms that went on for several years causing agricultural and ecological damage to American and Canadian fields.

Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

The economic hardships, political instability and Hitler's powerful party helped him fall into power as chancellor. He was sworn in by Hindenburg putting the Nazi party in power.

Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

Mar 4, 1933

FDR's Democratic Party beat Herbert Hoover by 89 percent. He had 472 electoral votes, while Hoover held 59.

WPA is Created

Mar 6, 1933

Introduced by FDR, this program was created to provide jobs and income to unemployed Americans.

CCC is Created

Mar 21, 1933

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.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

Jun 13, 1935

J.J won the heavyweight title when he outpointed Max Baer in 15 rounds at the Long Island City Bowl in New York City.

Olympic Games in Berlin

1936

This was the tenth official Olympic games held. Two years after Hitler was appointed, a show of Nazi propaganda was the main event of the Olympic games.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

This was a Nazi Party attack where hundreds of Jewish churches, called synagogues were broken and burned down.

Grapes of Wrath is Published

Apr 14, 1939

The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck. The book won the multiple awards such as the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland which is the beginning of a six-year second World War.

Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

Sep 25, 1939

The Wizard of Oz was the first full movie colorized using technicolor which was very iconic for it's time.

The Four Freedoms Speech

Jan 6, 1941

The four freedoms, the freedom of speech, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear. these were used to push America through the war.