A VERY AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
FEBRUARY 15, 1933
PRESIDENT-ELECT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT CRITICALLY WOUNDED BY ASSASSIN
MARCH 7, 1933
VICE PREIDENT ELECT CACTUS JACK GARNER DIES IN PLANE CRASH. WITNESSES REPORT THAT PLANE BLEW UP IN MIDAIR.
J. EDGAR HOOVER ORDERS THE FBI TO TAKE LEADING DEMOCRATS INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
MARCH 4, 1933
GARNER IS DEAD AND ROOSEVELT STILL IN A COMA
WHO IS THE PRESIDENT?
MARCH 8, 1933
HEBERT HOOVER RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT, CITES THE ENDING OF HIS TERM AS REASON
MARCH 10, 1933
VICE-PRESIDENT CHARLES CURTIS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT QUOTE "THIS COUNTRY MUST
HAVE A PRESIDENT TO COMBAT AN ANARCHIST AND COMMUNIST COUP"
MARCH 11,
1933
PRESIDENT CURTIS APPOINTS GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AS SUPREME HEAD OF ALL THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
MARCH 15, 1933
PRESIDENT-ELECT ROOSEVELT AWAKENS IN NEW YORK CITY AND IS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT
MARCH
20, 1933 ROOSEVELT SLIPS BACK INTO COMA, ROOSEVELT ADVISORS MEET WITH NAVY
ADMIRALS
MARCH 26,
1933
NAVY BACKS ROOSEVELT AS LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT, NATION IN TURMOIL
APRIL 1, 1933
AMERICAN ARMY TROOPS BATTLE US MARINES FOR CONTROL OF WHITE HOUSE
CONGRESS FLEES WASHINGTON
MARINE MAJOR GENERAL SMEDLEY BUTLER CLAIMS THAT A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN APPROACHED HIM BEFORE THE ELECTION TO LEAD A COUP IF ROOSEVELT WON
IS THE COUNTRY IN A CIVIL WAR?