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Was appointed Director by President Calvin Coolidge later that year. He was appointed to professionalize the bureau, which was then a small organization with only about 650 employees. He was tasked with removing political appointees and implementing merit-based systems. -
Mein Kampf which translates to "My Struggle," is an autobiographical and political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler. The two-volume book outlines his antisemitic, racist, and expansionist ideology that fueled the Nazi Party and ultimately led to World War II and the Holocaust. -
The market opened 11% lower than the previous day and saw massive, panic-stricken selling as investors realized stock prices were overvalued. A brief recovery was staged when leading bankers pooled resources to buy stocks above market value to restore confidence. -
Due to a severe drought that struck the Great Plains, compounded by poor farming practices that had left the soil exposed. After farmers plowed the native prairie grasses for crops like wheat, there was nothing to hold the soil in place when the drought hit. This led to massive dust storms, with the most severe ones starting in 1931, which caused ecological and economic devastation across the region. -
Defeating incumbent Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, and his first term was defined by his response to the Great Depression through his "New Deal" programs. -
Which was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to provide work for unemployed young men during the Great Depression. Another significant "CCC" is the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which was published in its initial French version in 1992. Additionally, Chennai City Corporation's Civilian Conservation Center (CCC), an acronym used for a smart city project, was proposed under the Chennai Smart City Ltd. project. -
Conservative politicians, most notably the former Chancellor Franz von Papen, convinced Hindenburg to appoint Hitler. They believed they could control Hitler and use the Nazi Party's popularity for their own ends, keeping Hitler in check by having only a few other Nazis in the cabinet. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt through an executive order. It was a key part of his New Deal to address the unemployment crisis of the Great Depression, employing millions on public works projects until it dissolved in 1943 due to declining unemployment and worker shortages from World War II. -
Defeating the reigning champion, Max Baer, in a 15-round unanimous decision. The victory was considered a major upset, earning Braddock the nickname "The Cinderella Man" from columnist Damon Runyon. -
The event is historically significant for being used as a propaganda tool by the Nazi regime, which temporarily eased anti-Semitic measures to present a false image of tolerance. A major athletic highlight was the performance of African-American athlete Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals and countered the Nazi ideology of Aryan superiority. -
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938. -
John Steinbeck's novel, which chronicles the journey of the Joad family from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression, was an immediate bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940. -
Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, with a national release on August 25, 1939. While the Hollywood premiere is widely known, the film actually had preview screenings in other cities, including some in Wisconsin, beginning as early as August 9, 1939. -
German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombard Poland on land and from the air. World War II had begun. Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. -
Delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, worship, want, and fear. The speech aimed to build support for Great Britain and its allies against the Axis powers and to define America's war aims as the defense of these universal principles. The ideas in the speech were later immortalized by Norman Rockwell's paintings and influenced international human rights documents like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.