The Great Depression

By natashawilliams

  • J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
    Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed Hoover as Bureau director

  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is Published
    Manifesto by Hitler in 1925

  • Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
    Billions of dollars cause massive expansion

  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins
    Massive dust storms in 1930

  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
    Roosevelt defeats Hoover in the presidential election in 1932

  • Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
    The president names Hitler leader of the Nazi Party

  • CCC is Created

    CCC is Created
    Created for unemployed, unmarried men

  • WPA is Created

    WPA is Created
    Roosevelt signs an executive order to create the WPA

  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
    He wins the Heavyweight Championship of the World

  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    Olympic Games in Berlin
    Athletes and spectators attend multiple games in Berlin

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    A pogrom against Jewish people by the Nazi Party

  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    Grapes of Wrath is Published
    American novel by John Steinbeck

  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
    Becomes one of the most beloved movies in history

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    Attack by Nazi Germany, Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union

  • The Four Freedoms Speech

    The Four Freedoms Speech
    Goals articulated by Roosevelt