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29-year-old Hoover acting director of the Bureau, and by the end of the year Mr. Hoover was named Director. -
This is a book that tells you about the the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for German. -
The crash began on Oct. 24, 1929, known as "Black Thursday," when the market opened 11% lower than the previous day's close. -
The Dust Bowl, also known as “the Dirty Thirties,” started in 1930 and lasted for about a decade. -
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942. -
Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. -
Apon election Franklin promised recovery with a "New Deal" for the American people. -
It was part of the New Deal plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression by reforming the financial system and restoring the economy to pre-Depression level. -
Braddock won the Heavyweight Championship of the World as the 10-to-1 underdog in what was called "the greatest fistic upset since the defeat of John L. Sullivan by Jim Corbett". -
The 1936 Summer Olympic Games open in Berlin, attended by athletes and spectators from countries around the world. -
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews. -
The Grapes of Wrath has captured the American imagination, pulling back the curtain on a way of life that most of us could scarcely imagine, and showing us the powerful ways that literature can touch society. -
The invasion of Poland was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union. -
The Wizard of Oz, which will become one of the best-loved movies in history, opens in theaters around the United States. -
His "four essential human freedoms" included some phrases already familiar to Americans from the Bill of Rights, as well as some new phrases: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.