Great Depression

  • Mein Kampf is Published

    Mein Kampf is Published
    Mein Kampf was a book that HItler wrote himself.
  • Stock Market Crash begins in Great Depression

    Stock Market Crash begins in Great Depression
    Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. Unemployment has risen.
  • The Dust Bowl Begins

    The Dust Bowl Begins
    No one actually knows when the Dust Bowl began, but it was around the '30s. The dust bowl is a severe drough that happened in the midwest.
  • Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany
    Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler leader or "fÜhrer" of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party) as chancellor of Germany.
  • Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)

    Franklin Roosevelt is Elected President (1st Time)
    This is when Roosevelt was first elected president for the U.S.
  • CCC is created

    CCC is created
    CCC stands for The Civilian Conservation Corps. It was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for the unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as a part of the New Deal.
  • WPA is created

    WPA is created
    WPA stands for Work Progress Administration. It's a central part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal."
  • Olympic Games in Berlin

    Olympic Games in Berlin
    Hitler opened the 11th Summer Olympic Games.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich.
  • Grapes of Wrath is published

    Grapes of Wrath is published
    American realist novel written by John Steinbeck.
  • Wizard of Oz premieres in movies

    Wizard of Oz premieres in movies
    World premiere in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    The German invasion of Poland was a primser on how Hitler intended to wage war- what would become the "blitzkrieg" strategy.
  • The Four Freedoms of Speech

    The Four Freedoms of Speech
    Goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • J. Edgar Hoover becomes head of FBI

    J. Edgar Hoover becomes head of FBI
    He becomes head of the FBI
  • J.J. Braddock wins heavyweight boxing title

    J.J. Braddock wins heavyweight boxing title
    He fought Max Baer for the heavyweight title and won.