The Great Depression

  • J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
    This was significant because it was a change in the world. He built a highly effective arm of federal law enforcement. He is now one of the most famous people in the FBI creating it to what is it today.
  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is Published
    It showed the world the way Hitler thought, and how he went about things. It was important because it was this inside view to nazism. It showed how he thought the world should think, and why he thought this way. It was his autobiography.
  • Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
    It was the crash that led to the economic collapse of the world. It also led to many banks crashing leaving people without money, and not knowing what to do. Which eventually led to high poverty.
  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins
    It was a hard time because of the economic depression. There started to become more and more drought, poor agriculture practices, and temperatures were higher than normal. It was a horrible time for people in general.
  • Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
    It was a huge turning point for Germany, and for the world. With this it also led to the start of WWII. It also results in the death of millions of people "holocaust". So it had a huge impact of the world and the 30s.
  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
    He was important in this time because he provided work to the unemployed when it was hard to find a job, so it was a huge relieve. He came up with the alphabetic soup programs.
  • CCC is Created

    CCC is Created
    It was important because it helped young people who were unemployed, and it provided with helping them get a job. It also helped with many different projects or disasters.
  • WPA is Created

    WPA is Created
    WPA was created during the Great Depression to offer millions of jobs to the unemployed to gain a sense of relief. More then 3.3 million people worked for WPA by 1938.
  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
    He lost several matches because of health issues, and was forced to work somewhere else during The Great Depression, so that he was able to feed his family. Finally after many loses and wins he finally won the heavyweight boxing title.
  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    Olympic Games in Berlin
    It was used to tournament of the Jews, and it was an opportunity for the Nazi's to gain more control over this stuff. It was also a huge success for the Nazi government, as they got to control on what went on.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    It was a night when the Nazi attacked the Jewish, and other minorities. They destroyed their property, and took them from their homes, and they were taken, and it basically was the end of their life.
  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    Grapes of Wrath is Published
    It shows the struggle of the immigrant farmers during The Great Depression. It shows the struggles people went through, and has compassion for them. It sheds light on the people.
  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
    It was important because it was a political allegory for American politics in the 1920s. It represented different states, and what they were known as at that time. It also had a huge success rate at that time.
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    They did this to regain the lost territory, and ultimately rule the east of them. They did this for more power, and it led up to WWII with this power. This was one of the many invasions.
  • The Four Freedoms Speech

    The Four Freedoms Speech
    It was a speech about freedom. It showed people what we were fighting for, and it gave the soldiers and everybody else hope. It was a huge mood booster for America.