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On 18 July 1925, Hitler's book, Mein Kampf ('My Struggle') was published. He wrote it in prison, where he was serving a sentence for a failed coup he attempted in 1923. In Mein Kampf, Hitler wrote about his ideology and presented himself as the leader of the extreme right.
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J. Edgar Hoover became the acting Director of the Bureau of Investigation (later the FBI) on May 10, 1924, and was officially named director by the end of the year. Appointed by Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone, Hoover's appointment came amidst a desire to professionalize the agency. His 48-year tenure is marked by significant growth in the Bureau's power and responsibilities.
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The Great Depression was triggered by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, though the crash was more of a catalyst for the economic downturn than its sole cause. The crash revealed and exacerbated underlying weaknesses in the U.S. economy, resulting in a decade of mass unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty.
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The persistent dry weather caused crops to fail, leaving the plowed fields exposed to wind erosion. The Great Plains' fine soil eroded easily and was carried east by strong continental winds. The first recorded dust storm occurred on September 14, 1930.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected President of the United States on November 8, 1932, defeating incumbent Herbert Hoover in the midst of the Great Depression. He promised a "New Deal" and won a landslide victory, carrying 42 of the 48 states with over 57% of the popular vote. His first term officially began with his inauguration on March 4, 1933
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Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, by President Paul von Hindenburg. Though the Nazis never won an outright majority in a free election, Hitler was granted the chancellorship as part of a political deal, after which he rapidly dismantled the Weimar Republic and established a totalitarian dictatorship.
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CCC" can refer to several different entities, including the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Council of Conservative Citizens, a Catechism of the Catholic Church, or a Crime and Corruption Commission.
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It was set up on May 6, 1935, by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal. Works Progress Administration. Agency overview.
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James J. Braddock won the heavyweight boxing title from Max Baer on June 13, 1935, by a 15-round unanimous decision, becoming a symbol of hope during the Great Depression. This stunning upset earned him the nickname "The Cinderella Man". He lost the title to Joe Louis by knockout in 1937.
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The Berlin Olympics refer to the 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany, which are most remembered for being used as a propaganda tool by the Nazi regime. Despite being used to promote a false image of a peaceful Germany, the games were also a stage for athlete Jesse Owens to win four gold medals, countering Nazi claims of Aryan racial superiority. The 1936 games were also significant for introducing the Olympic torch relay and for being the first to be televised.
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On November 9–10, 1938, the Nazi regime coordinated an antisemitic riot, called Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, or the November
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The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.
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The Wizard of Oz” premiered on 15 August 1939 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, later premiered in New York, and opened across the country on August 25th. But the GATEWAY Theatre in Kenosha premiered it before them all.
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The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after.
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The "Four Freedoms" speech, delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941, outlined four fundamental human freedoms that he believed should be universal: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The speech was delivered during his State of the Union address and served to define America's war aims for the coming World War II and rally public support for assisting Allied nations.