The Great Depression

J. Edgar Hoover becomes head of the FBI

Dec 10, 1924

He was born in Washington, 1895. When he finished high school he went to law school at night. He started working in 1917 and was appointed “head” on May 10th, 1923. (That was his probationary period.)

Mein Kampf is Published

Jul 18, 1925

Hitler wrote this book when he was in prison. Over a 1000 copy’s were made and sold to the public.

Stock Market Crash causes The Great Depression

Oct 29, 1929

This event was called “Black Tuesday”. It was caused by people buying stock “on margin” or “on credit”. The stock market during that time was running off “fake money”, and that caused them to lose 14 billion dollars and started The Great Depression.

The Dust Bowl Begins

1930

The Dust Bowl was a natural and man made disaster. The dust was sand and other debris that was picked up by the wind. It would make the area look like it was night time for hours or days on end. It destroyed crops and homes, it caused people to inhale debris. Causing sickness and death.

Franklin D. Roosevelt first gets elected president

Nov 8, 1932

He ran against Herbert Hoover and won 57% of the votes. He promised to bring a “new deal” to help the people with the Great Depression.

Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Now that he had gotten that power he could officially bring Nazi Germany to the uprise.

The Olympic Games of Berlin

1936

It was the Olympic Games that was hosted by Hitler and Jesse Owens won 4 metals at the games.