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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
J Edgar Hoover was assigned as acting director in the midst of the Great Depression. Law enforcements were also sturggling and crime was on the rise. Under Edgar's leadership many criminals were captured, most notably Al Capone. -
Mein Kampf is Published
Mein Kampf was a book written by Hitler during his time in prison. The book was a representation of his belief of "racial purity" being the most important aspect of a person and how all countries should consist of "pure racial bloodlines" -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
Also known as Black Thursday, the stock market crash started when markets opened 11% lower than the previous days close. Institutions and financiers invested to prevent panic -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler became chancellor in January of 1933, he then used his position to slowly expand his power and influence. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected (first time)
Franklin D. Roosevelt turned around America's Unemployment rate when he became president through introducing a multitude of "alphabet soup" programs to increase employment rate. -
CCC is Created
Put hundreds of thousands of young men to work on environmental conservations during the great depression combatting unemployment -
Dust Bowl
Large clouds of dust would gather from over farmed land. The dust would then become so large that it could destroy houses and fill your lungs with dust. These dust storms then sweeper across the nation. -
WPA is Created
A program that was part of the New Plan Deal to provide jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression. The WPA employed unskilled men to carry out public works infrastructure projects. -
Olympic Games in Berlin
Berlin was given the rights to hold the games two years before the Nazi party rose to power. After rising to power the Nazis' racist beliefs and possibility of war created an extremely tense environment at the olympics. -
Kristallnacht
The Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass, was a night where Jews were massacred and Jewish owned business and homes were destroyed in Germany. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
A very significant movie that was one of the first to be put in the National Film Registry. -
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Germany Invades Poland
An attack on Poland by Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. The land was split between the two and the invasion marked the beginning of WW2.