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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.
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Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical and political manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs
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The stock market crash that signaled the start of the Great Depression began with "Black Thursday" on October 24, 1929, and culminated in the catastrophic "Black Tuesday" on October 29, 1929.
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due to a combination of severe drought and unsustainable farming practices, such as overplowing and overgrazing, which left the soil vulnerable to wind erosion.
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defeating incumbent Herbert Hoover. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, and his presidency is known for implementing the New Deal programs to combat the Great Depression.
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by President Paul von Hindenburg. This event marked a crucial turning point for Germany, leading to the end of the Weimar Republic and the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship.
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as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal to provide jobs for young men on conservation projects. Created by the Emergency Conservation Work Act, the program employed millions of young men to work on projects like planting trees, fighting fires, building state parks, and combating soil erosion until it ended in 1942
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by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his New Deal to combat unemployment during the Great Depression. It was funded by Congress and aimed to provide jobs for the unemployed through public works projects, such as building infrastructure like roads, schools, and parks, and also supported arts and cultural programs.
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Fighting as an underdog, Braddock won by a 15-round unanimous decision, a victory that earned him the nickname "The Cinderella Man". He later lost the title to Joe Louis in 1937.
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These Games are historically significant for being a propaganda event for the Nazi regime, which attempted to project an image of a peaceful and tolerant Germany.They are also remembered for the athletic achievements of Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals, and the controversial decision to create the Olympic torch relay
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On November 9–10, 1938, the Nazi regime coordinated an antisemitic riot, called Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass
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The Grapes of Wrath was published in April 1939by John Steinbeck. It quickly became the bestselling novel of 1939 and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1940
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The Wizard of Oz, which will become one of the best-loved movies in history, opens in theaters around the United States. Based on the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L.
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German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi germany
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The "Four Freedoms" speech was a 1941 address by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that proposed four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The speech aimed to justify greater U.S. involvement in World War II by arguing these freedoms were threatened by Axis powers and needed to be defended globally