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Autobiography of the founder of the National Socialist (Nazi) and dictatator of Germany.
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The Stock Market Crash began on October 24, 1929, and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the U.S. The crash is what signaled the beginning of the 10 year Great Depression that affected all of the Western industrialized countries.
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The Dust Bowl of the 1930'a lasted about a decade. It's primary area of impact was ont he southern Plains. The northern Plains were not so badly effected, but nonetheless, the drought, windblown dust and agricultural decline were no strangers to the north.
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Germany was a nation that in its history had little experience or interest in democracy. But, in January 1933, Adolf Hitler took the reins of a 14- year old German Democratic republic which in the minds of many had long outlived its usefulness.
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An American statesmand and political leader who served as the president of the U.S from 1933 to 1945. He won a record four presidential elections and dominated his party for many years as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century. He lead the U.S during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.
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CCC (Vivilian Conservation Corps) was one of the first New Deal programs. It was a public works project inteded to promote environmental conservation and to build good citizens through vigourous disciplined outdoor labor.
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In 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signs an executive order creating the Works
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Stunning boxing fans everywhere when he defeated the reigning champion, Max Baer, winning the Heavyweight Championship title.
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The 1936 Summer Olympics officially known as the Game of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany.
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A massive coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich on the night of November 9, into the next day.
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The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939.
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An American musical comedy-drama fantasy film. The most well-known commercially successful adaptation based on the 1900 novel The Wonder Wizard of Oz.
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The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939, which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. September 1, 1939, Germany finally invaded Poland, and the Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.
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These were goals articulated by United States President Franklin Roosevelt. In an address known as the Four Freedoms Speech, he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people everywhere in the world ought to enjoy: Freedom of Speech.
