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J.Edgar Hoover became the acting Director of the Bureau of Investigation (later the FBI) on May 10, 1924, and was appointed Director by President Calvin Coolidge later that year. He was appointed to professionalize the Bureau, which was then a small organization with only about 650 employees. -
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical and political manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler’s political beliefs, his political ideology, and his future plans for Germany and the world. -
The stock market crash that signaled the start of the Great Depression occurred in late October 1929, primarily over the course of several chaotic days known as “BLACK THURSDAY”(October 24) and “BLACK TUESDAY”(October 29) -
The Dust Bowl started in 1930 with a severe drought on the Great Plains, but massive dust storms began in 1931 and the crisis lasted for about a decade. The drought, combined with unsustainable farming practices that left soil exposed, led to the environmental disaster that brought widespread economic hardship. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected president on November 8, 1932, defeating incumbent Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, and his first term was defined by his response to the Great Depression through his “New Deal “ programs. -
Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, through political maneuvering elites who believed they could control him. Capitalizing on Germany’s economic hardship and widespread dissatisfaction following World War I. -
CCC or the Civilian Conservation Corps was created in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the New Deal to address unemployment during the Great Depression. This program provided jobs for young, unmarried men in conservation and park projects, such as planting trees, building roads, and fighting forest fires. -
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created on May 6, 1935, by president Franklin D. Roosevelt through an executive order. It was part of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs and was funded by the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act to provide jobs and income to unemployed people during the Great Depression -
James J. Braddock won the heavyweight boxing title on June 13, 1935, by defeating the reigning champion, Max Baer, in a 15-round unanimous decision. The victory was considered a major upset, earning Braddock the nickname “The Cinderella Man”from columnist Damon Runyon -
Berlin hosted the Olympics only once, between August 1st and 8th, 1936, which are more famously known as the Nazi Olympics. The Games were a significant propaganda event for Adolf Hitler’s regime, which tried to showcase Germany as a strong and tolerant nation by temporarily suppressing anti-Semitic signs and laws. -
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party’s Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilians throughout Nazi Germany -
The Grapes of Wrath was published in 1939 by John Steinbeck, detailing the Joad family’s journey from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl -
The Wizard of Oz premiered in movie theaters on August 25 1939, with an earlier, more limited “world premiere” on August 15, 1939, at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California -
The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, was the military action by Nazi Germany that started World War II in Europe. Germany used its new “Blitzkrieg” tactic of rapid armored and air attacks to quickly overwhelm Polish defenses -
The “Four Freedoms”speech, delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941, is a speech that articulated four fundamental human rights:freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The speech aimed to rally support for the Allies against the Axis powers before the U.S. entered World War II and laid out a vision for a post-war world founded these principles