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J. Edgar Hoover became the acting Director of the Bureau of Investigation and was appointed Director by President Calvin Coolidge -
published in two volumes: the first volume was published in 1925, and the second volume followed in late 1926 -
The market experienced an initial, dramatic drop as a record 12.9 million shares were traded in a panic. Leading bankers and investment companies attempted to stabilize the market by pooling funds to buy stocks at above market prices
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The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected President of the United States on November 8, 1932, defeating incumbent Herbert Hoover and promising a "New Deal" to address the Great Depression. -
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. This occurred after years of political and economic turmoil, which saw the Nazi Party -
The Civilian Conservation Corps, created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 as part of the New Deal. It was a work program for young, unemployed men during the Great Depression, focused on conservation and the improvement of natural resources like parks and forests -
The Works Progress Administration was created on May 6, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order as part of the New Deal to provide jobs 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 Berlin Olympics refer to the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, which became a major propaganda event for the Nazi regime. -
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 -
The Grapes of Wrath was published on April 14, 1939. Written by John Steinbeck, the novel depicts the struggles of the Joad family during the Dust Bowl -
The Wizard of Oz premiered in a small Wisconsin town on August 12, 1939, and had its official world premiere in Hollywood, California -
The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939, was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany -
The "Four Freedoms" speech, delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941, outlined four fundamental human freedoms that he believed should be universal