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James edgar hoover became head of the FBI, which helped bring down federal and most wanted criminals. It is believe to keep his position, he had "secret files" on rivals to keep them away from his position, and basically black mailed them into keeping him there. -
Mein Kampf was published on July 18th, 1925. It was a manifest of Hitler's radical ideology. It served as a way to spread his nazi views throughout Germany, further helping him control Germany, and eventually, start WW11 in the 1930s, which pulled us out of the depression. -
The stock market crash of 1929, was an event where investors and normal civilians had lost all of their money and savings due to the fragility of the stock market. It kicked off the great depression because it was so hard to come back from this. Americans lost their jobs due to companies needing to cut spending to stay afloat, which in turn lost everyone even MORE money. It was a cascade. It would be fixed by the time the US got into WW11. -
The Dust Bowl is an event known as the "dirty thirties", a massive drought hit the great plains and in combination with poor farming techniques, it ended up causing massive sand storms that hit cities and small towns alike, killing and injuring hundreds of people, and causing farmland and houses to be completely destroyed. It began in the year of 1930. -
Hitler became chancellor of Germany due to the nazi party having many political victories, not so much to become prime minister. But enough to land him second in command. This is important because this is the event that took place right before Hitler started gearing up for WW11, he used disaster policies that gave temporary power to the chancellor,over military resources. He then basically forced the prime minister to let him keep this power, and thats how Hitler was able to amass an army. -
The CCC was a voluntary work union that ran from 1933 to 1942. It was meant for single men 18 to 25 to enlist in programs that focused on improving American infrastructure. It was made to help combat the depression and was a contributing factor in pulling us out of the depression. -
The WPA was an administration, like the CCC, to give out jobs focused on improving roads and buildings. It was made in 1935, and gave thousands of Americans jobs during the great depression, contributing to the cause of getting America out of a depression. -
JJ bradock son the heavy weight championship in madison square garden bowl. It was a very brutal fight, as he was fighting someone who has killed people in the ring. But JJ Bradock came out victorious, in the end. It was a classic fight, and holds up even to this day. -
The Olympics were held in Berlin, Germany. This was in the time that Hitler was in control of Germany, so the nazi party was alive and well at this time. But jesse owens, an african american athlete, was dominating the "aryan" white rivals in the germans side, which infuriated hitler. Jesse won four gold medals ahead of the german competitors. This is important because it developed more hate for the US from hitler, which resulted in a more fierce war between us. -
Kristallnacht, also known as the night of the broken glass was an event that the nazi party had conducted, where many Jewish businesses, homes, and places of worship, were vandalized, destroyed, and burnt to the ground. Sometimes it even resulted in death. This is important to the 1930s because this showed the nazi party's early hatred for the Jewish populous. -
John Steinbeck's American realist book The Grapes of Wrath was released in 1939. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the National Novel Award. A lot of people viewed it as communism propaganda, leading it to be banned in some countries and states. Along with the red scare, it was basically obliterated from America. -
in 1939, wizard of oz was released to the public. It was a instant classic, and still holds water today. The movie was an immediate success, and resulted in a 98% score on rotten tomatoes today, cementing itself as a true classic. This was released during WW11. -
The invasion of poland was the spark that started WW11, poland has ties with france and england and when they were invaded, france and England declared war on Germany. The invasion of Poland was brutal, killing many people of jewish descent and worship, and putting many more into concentration camps. This invasion was done with russias agreement as well. It was important to the 1930s, because it was the spark that started the war. -
FDR made a speech, about the "four freedoms" These freedoms included: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom of want, and freedom of fear. This is FDR's most popular speech because it highlighted why America was so great. It also highlighted how barbaric and outdated nazi germany was. -
In 1932 Roosevelt was elected president, which helped the depression immensely. He made a culmination of new laws and opportunities called: The New Deal, which was made to help Americans and America itself, get back on its feet. This combined with ww11 was enough to pull America out of the depression.