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the great depression timeline

  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is Published

    an autobiographical manifesto by Adolf Hitler
  • Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    Stock Market Crash Begins Great Depression

    when the market opened 11% lower than the previous day's close
  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins

    Severe drought hit in 1930. Massive dust storms hit in 1931.
  • Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler Become Chancellor of Germany

    President Paul von Hindenburg names Hitler leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover and began his presidency in the Great Depression.
  • CCC is Created

    CCC is Created

    unemployed unmarried men volunteered for a government work relief program
  • J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    J.Edgar Hoover Becomes Head of the FBI

    director of the Bureau of Investigation
  • WPA is Created

    WPA is Created

    It was part of his Deal plan to lift the country out of the Great Depression and restoring the economy to pre-Depression levels
  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    Olympic Games in Berlin

    Summer Olympic Games open in Berlin
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    German Jews had been subjected to repressive policies
  • Grapes of Wrath is Published

    Grapes of Wrath is Published

    It evokes the harshness of the Great Depression
  • Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    Wizard of Oz Premiers in Movie Theaters

    When a tornado rips through Kansas
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    The invasion of Poland was an attack by Nazi Germany the Slovak Republic and the Soviet Union
  • The Four Freedoms Speech

    The Four Freedoms Speech

    freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
  • J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    J.J. Braddock Wins Heavyweight Boxing Title

    an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion