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J. Edgar Hoover was first appointed acting director of the bureau, but near the end of the year, he became the director. -
The leader of the Nazi party, Adolf Hitler, wrote this autobiography to explain how he became to have the political views that he has. This autobiography also had his plans for Germany. -
After the stock market crashed, the nation was in shock. It caused the country to fall into very bad times financially. People were doing anything to make money to pay their bills and to have their basic needs met. -
The Dust Bowl was caused by outdated farming practices and caused many farmers to be financially devastated. The Dust Bowl caused both economic and physical damage. -
Franklin Roosevelt won the election agist Herbert Hoover. He would come to do a lot of things to keep America steady during The Great Depression (The New Deal). -
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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created to employ men between the ages of 18-30 to work in fields, parks, and forests. -
Braddock won the Heavyweight Championship of the World at the Madison Square Garden Bowl. -
Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a program made for the unemployed to carry out public work projects. -
Adolf Hitler opened the Olympic Games in Berlin. -
"The Night of Broken Glass" was a hostile attack by the Nazi party going against the Jews. -
John Steinbeck wrote Grapes of Wrath. This book talks about how hard-working people, and farmers, lost it all when the Dust Bowl hit. -
The Wizard of Oz movie, based on the novel, premiered in 193.9 -
Germany set off to invade Poland wanting to take more land after they took Czechoslovakia. -
President Roosevelt gave this speech as a statement that everyone should have freedom.