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On May 5, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge appointed J. Edgar Hoover as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
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The Dust Bowl marks a decade long drought in the plains region of America. It is categorized by large dust storms caused by over cultivation of the land that caused the topsoil to be able to be picked up by the strong winds in the area.
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Adolf hitler was elected to the position of Chancellor of Germany in 1933. The very next year he would become the Führer
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt aka FDR was elected president on March 4, 1933.
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The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary public work relief program for unemployed, unmarried men ages 17–28.
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"Mein Kampf" was a book written by Adolf Hitler stating basically what he would do if he was leader. This became a reality when he became Chancellor of Germany and did exactly what he said he'd do in the book, this would become known as the Holocaust.
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The Work Progress Administration was created to relieve the economic hardship of the Great Depression
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On June 13, 1935, at Madison Square Garden, Braddock won the Heavyweight Championship in an upset victory.
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The Olympic Games held in Berlin were used by Hitler in an attempt to show the world how good Germany was.
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Kristallnacht, also known as "the Night of Broken Glass" was an attack of Jewish synagogues and businesses carried out by the forces under Hitler's command.
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On April 14, 1939 Grapes of Wrath was published by John Steinbeck.
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On August 25, 1939, The Wizard of Oz first premiered in movie theaters.
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Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 as during the rule of Hitler, this act marked the start of WWII.
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The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941.
