The 30s
The 1930s were a tough decade, dominated by the battle against the Great Depression and the rise of Hitler's Third Reich. Learn about the most influential figures and events in the 1930s.
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German American Bund, American Nazis of the 1930s
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A Short History of the Great Depression
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Biography of Bonnie and Clyde, Notorious Depression-Era Outlaws
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King Edward VIII Abdicated for Love
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How FDR Changed Thanksgiving
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How Wiley Post and Will Rogers Died
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'The Story of Bonnie and Clyde'
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Der Stuermer
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Assassination Attempt on FDR
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The Galapagos Affair
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The Empire State Building
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The Nuremberg Laws of 1935
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'The Story of Suicide Sal' by Bonnie Parker
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Dachau: The First Nazi Concentration Camp
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War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast Causes Panic
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The Hindenburg
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History of the Dust Bowl
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All About the Empire State Building
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Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
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The Star Spangled Banner Becomes the Official Anthem
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Hindenburg Disaster
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Pluto Discovered in 1930
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Why Clyde Barrow Wrote a Letter to Henry Ford