The Great Depression

By natashawilliams
  • J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone appointed Hoover as Bureau director
  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is Published

    Manifesto by Hitler in 1925
  • Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Billions of dollars cause massive expansion
  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins

    Massive dust storms in 1930
  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Roosevelt defeats Hoover in the presidential election in 1932
  • Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    The president names Hitler leader of the Nazi Party
  • CCC is Created

    CCC is Created

    Created for unemployed, unmarried men
  • WPA is Created

    WPA is Created

    Roosevelt signs an executive order to create the WPA
  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    He wins the Heavyweight Championship of the World
  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    Olympic Games in Berlin

    Athletes and spectators attend multiple games in Berlin
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    A pogrom against Jewish people by the Nazi Party
  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    Grapes of Wrath is Published

    American novel by John Steinbeck
  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    Becomes one of the most beloved movies in history
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    Attack by Nazi Germany, Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union
  • The Four Freedoms Speech

    The Four Freedoms Speech

    Goals articulated by Roosevelt