The Great Depression

By EllieGDulaney

  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
    Elected when President McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, New York.

  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is Published
    Book Adolf Hitler wrote describing his future plans for Germany.

  • Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression
    "Black Thursday." The collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.

  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins
    The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken southern plains region of the United States. The U.S. suffered from severe drought and dust storms from 1930-1936.

  • Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany
    Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coalition government. The Nazi party assumes control of the German State.

  • CCC is Created

    CCC is Created
    Created to recruit unemployed young men from urban areas to perform conservation work throughout the nation's forests, parks, and fields.

  • J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI
    Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI, where he remained director for 37 years until his death in 1972.

  • WPA is Created

    WPA is Created
    It was part of Roosevelt New Deal plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression by reforming the financial system and restoring the economy to pre-Depression levels.

  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title
    At Madison Square Garden Bowl, 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".

  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    Olympic Games in Berlin
    African American, Jesse Owens, wins 4 gold medals against Germany. Adolf Hitler refuses to shake his hand.

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses, and murdered close to 100 Jews.

  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    Grapes of Wrath is Published
    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.

  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters
    The Wizard of Oz, which will become one of the best-loved movies in history, opens in theaters around the United States.

  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland
    Russia had to come to the aid of its “blood brothers,” the Ukrainians and Byelorussians, who were trapped in territory that had been illegally annexed by Poland.

  • The Four Freedoms Speech

    The Four Freedoms Speech
    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.