The Great Depression

  • J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    Tasked with professionalizing the agency, which he led for nearly 48 years until his death in 1972. During his tenure, he transformed the Bureau into the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is Published

    Hitler was sentenced to prison for trying to overthrow the government for 5 years and wrote a book “Mein Kampf” and made $8 million.
  • Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Industrial Average declined nearly 13 percent. Was a sharp decline in US stock market values. Black Monday
  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins

    A severe drought in the Great Plains that exacerbated the effects of poor farming practices that had removed the native grasses holding the soil in place.
  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President

    Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President

    President of the United States four times (1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944), making him the longest-serving president.
  • Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Germany's government was highly unstable, with a rapid succession of chancellors who could not form a stable governing coalition. President von Hindenburg frequently used emergency decrees to pass laws.
  • CCC is Created

    CCC is Created

    Work Act to provide jobs for unemployed young men during the Great Depression by having them work on public lands and parks.
  • WPA is Created

    WPA is Created

    Executive order as part of the New Deal to provide jobs during the Great Depression.
  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    Won the heavyweight boxing title by defeating the reigning champion.
  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    Olympic Games in Berlin

    Became a major propaganda event for the Nazi regime. The games are famously remembered for the athletic triumphs.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Was an orchestrated wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms that took place throughout Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland.
  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    Grapes of Wrath is Published

    The novel depicts the Joad family, who are forced to leave their farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression and travel to California.
  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    The film premiered at the Orpheum Theatre in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    One week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union.
  • The Four Freedoms Speech

    The Four Freedoms Speech

    Articulated four fundamental freedoms for which the United States would support its allies in World War II.