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J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
J. Edgar Hoover led the FBI for nearly fifty years from 1924 until 1972. He expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and under his authority Bureau grew in responsibility and importance making it a big part of the national government and an icon in American popular culture. -
Mein Kampf is Published
This book was published on July 18, 1925. This book was a blueprint of Hitlers' agenda for a Third Reich and the book sold a total of 9,473 copies in its first year. -
Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
The Stock Market Crash caused things like businesses and farms to lose money, and they started to lay off workers. Then the banks started closing and The Great Depression began in leading to soup kitchens, bread lines, and homelessness across the nation. -
The Dust Bowl Begins
The Dust Bowl was a period of dust storms that greatly damaged the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. These storms were caused by a combination of wind and dust being picked up from the grown and put into the air. -
Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
The former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor. -
Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
In the 1932 presidential election, Roosevelt defeated Republican president Herbert Hoover in a landslide. During his first 100 days as president, he issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal. -
CCC is Created
The Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 mandated that the Civilian Conservation Corps recruit unemployed young men to perform conservation work throughout the nation's forests, parks, and fields. -
WPA is Created
On May 6, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order creating the Works Progress Administration. This was just one of many Great Depression relief programs created under the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act Roosevelt had signed the month before. -
J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
In 1935, Braddock pulled off one of the two greatest boxing upsets in the 20th Century by winning the 15-round decision against the seemingly indestructible Max Baer, in a fight that still gets talked about after more than 85 years for its brutality and courage. -
Olympic Games in Berlin
The 1936 Summer Olympic Games opened. The Olympic Games were a propaganda success for the Nazi government, as German officials made every effort to portray Germany as a respectable member of the international community. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht was the day when German Nazis attacked Jewish people and their property. The name Kristallnacht refers to the litter of broken glass left in the streets after these attacks. The violence continued during the day of November 10, and in some places, acts of violence continued for several more days. -
Grapes of Wrath is Published
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 1962. -
Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
On August 25, 1939, The Wizard of Oz, which became one of the best-loved movies in history, opens in theaters around the United States. Based on the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. -
Germany Invades Poland
This was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union. This marked the beginning of World War II. -
The Four Freedoms Speech
Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union Address, commonly known as the “Four Freedoms” speech. In it he articulated a powerful vision for a world in which all people had freedom of speech and religion and freedom from want and fear. It was delivered on January 6, 1941, and it helped change the world.