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Angel Island Is Opened
Angel Island, off the coast of San Francisco is opened for Asian Immigrants. -
The Mexican Revoution
The Mexican Revolution started on November 20th, 1910. it started when Francisco I. Madero overthrew Portfirio Diaz. Diaz was president in 1876 & during that time no president was to serve to terms in a row. So, Diaz left office while Manuel Gonzalez took over for a term. After Gonzalez had left Diaz was re-elected and got rid of the law that no one could serve to terms in a row. Diaz was ruled a dictator. Diaz used many scare-tactics to influence the voters. He had many rules and laws against -
Chinese Revolution
A revolution started from southern China to over through the Qing Dynasty. -
Henry Ford Creates First Assembly Line
He created this line to help make more cars in the same time it would have took to create the cars with mostly people or without the assembly line. -
World War 1 Begins
World War 1 was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Serbian Assassins). After the murder, Austria declared war on Serbia. Before the assassination however, relations between the countries in Europe were shaky. After Austria declared war on Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia and France, invading Belgium. The British reacted to that invasion by declaring war on Germany. At the end ofr October, Turkey joined the side of the Germans. (cont. "US joins WW1") -
Russian Revolution
In 1917 women left their jobs in factories to protest on International Women's Day and the women were ready to be heard. They were working in horrible conditions a lot while the men in their lives were off fighting in World War I. The next day the remaining men joined the women in protesting. No one was working so the factories were not able to produce things. -
US Enters World War 1
(See "World War 1 Begins) In 1915, Italy declared war on both Germany and Austria. 1917 was the year that the US joined the war by declaring war on Germany.... (cont. on WW1 ends) -
Spanish Flu Epidemic
Also known as the Black Death or Bubonic Plague,Also known as Black Death or the Bubonic Plague, it was spread all across the globe; through air carriers, trade routes, and shipping lines. It killed between 20 and 40 million people. It struck old people and young children, but also ages in between. Doctors didn't know how to treat it. There was also a war going on. Half the soldiers fighting in Europe became infected with the deadly virus. The disease was so severe that the average human lifespan in the U.S was lowered by 10 years. -
Russian Czar Nicholas II and His Family Are Killed
The Czar Nicholas Romanov II ruled Russia incorrectly, or so the Bolsheviks and their followers believed. In order to gain leadership, Russians plotted the Czar and his family's death. On July 17th, 1918, the family of Czar Nicholas was shot and killed. This was done to protect the Soviet government and all of Russia from World War 1. The Soviet goverment ruled Russia until 1991. -
World War 1 Ends
(cont.)On Dec. 5, 1917, Germany signed armistice with Russia. In 1918, Germany asked for armistice from the countries allied against them. On November 11, 1918, Germany signed armistice with the Allies and World War 1 was officially ended. During the War, suspicions about people from different countries grew, especially in the US when the USA wasn't fighting any wars. These misgivings about Europeans caused immigration figures to drop very low. Around the world people were living in fear. -
Women Granted Right to Vote in the US
Voting rights for women were first seriously proposed in the United States in July, 1848. By the time women were allowed to vote, most of the women from 1848 were dead. -
Extreme Inflation In Germany
After losing World War 1, Germany went through a horrible time of inflation. The Germans had financed the war by borrowing tons of money and printing multitudes of unbacked currency. This started the downhill tumble of inflation in Germany. The disastrous inflation was then topped off with the loss of resources and reparations to be paid after the war. By November 16, 1923, one US dollar was equal to 4,200,000,000 German Marks! -
Asian Indians Are Not Thought of as Whites
An act is passed that Asian Indians cannot become naturalized American citizens because they are not qualified as "whites". -
V.I. Lenin Dies
Vladimir Lenin was the first leader of the Soviet Union and he died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54. -
Great Depression Begins
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic depression that begun in 1929, and lasted for about 10 years. Everyone in the world who invested in the Stock Market, was in a bad economical situation. On "Black Tuesday," October 29, 1929, the Stock Market crashed. This meant that all the people who put money into the Stock Market, lost most or all of their money they invested. -
Stock Market Crashes
After the war (World War 1) the U.S.A was very happy and confident. They created airplanes and radios which made everything seem possible. More and more people invested in stocks. But a lot of people invested in stocks that they couldn't afford. Billion dollars were lost and wiping out investors. -
Stalin Began Collectivizing Agriculture in the U.S.S.R.
Joseph Stalin was a leader in 1929 who made the collectivization of agriculture in Russia happen. Stalin believed that poor peasant farmers should grow food but then give it to the richer.Most of the farms were local owned which Stalin thought to turn them into grain factories. -
Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
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First Nazi Concentration Camp Created
The first concentration camps in Germany were established soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor in January 1933. The camp was called Dachau. The Dachau concentration camp was the first regular concentration camp established by the Nazi's. -
Germany Issues the Anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws
People in the Nazi declared laws to segregate Jews from society and take them from their rights. One law they created was to keep any Jews from having sexual relations with Germans or Nazi's. many of the laws deprived them of political rights. -
Spanish Civil War Begins
The Spanish Civil War was caused by many things. Rebellion, the Great Depression, new leaders, unemployment, and a dictatorial goverment. The government (Republicans) attacked those who seemed to have too many priveledges in society. The government had an army, so when people (Nationalists) tried to overthrow them, they were unsuccessful. The people of Spain felt unstable, and there were many attempts to stop the government. Many people died.The war ended in 1939. -
Japan invades China
In 1937, Japan invaded China because of their Imperialist goals to gain more land and resources so they could become more powerful. -
Hitler Annexes Austria
Germany tries yet again to get the Austrian government to join them in their hate for Jews. Austrian leader met with Hitler to get them to join and Hitler was named as a part of several Austrian's Nazis. There was a national vote to get rid of annexation but before this could happen, Austrian leader Kurt von Schuschnigg, had and too much pressure from Hitler and resigned. Austria was a part of the Nazi community until the end of World War II. -
World War 2 Begins
World War II was caused by Adolf Hitler (leader of Germany) deciding he wanted complete power over Europe. He also disliked Jews, and began capturing them and putting them in camps. He tortured them and killed most of them. Hitler formed an army (called the Nazis) and began invading countries. Throughout the war, Hitler invaded Poland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, and the Soviet Union. Italy and Germany became allies, and late, Japan joined them. -
Major Earthquake in Chile
On January 24, 1939, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake, in south central Chile, left 50,000 people dead and 60,000 injured. Most of the people that died was a result of falling buildings. -
Spanish Civil War Ends
The Spanish civil war ended with the victory of the rebels. The war ended on April 1st 1939 and took the lives of approximately 500,000 people. -
The US enters World War II
The US enters World War II after Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, detroying ships and killing soldiers. -
Japanese Invade Pearl Harbor
December seventh, 1941: the surprise was complete. The attacking planes came in two waves; the first hit its target at 7:53 AM, the second at 8:55. By 9:55 it was all over. By 1:00 PM the carriers that launched the planes from 274 miles off the coast of Oahu were heading back to Japan. The attack caused 2,403 dead, 188 destroyed planes and a crippled Pacific Fleet that included 8 damaged or destroyed battleships. -
Japanese-Americans Held in Camps
During World War II, over 100,000 Japanese-American individuals were rounded up and shipped to internment camps. These consisted of poorly-constructed barracks surrounded by barbed wire, sentry posts and armed guards. They were put in these camps, not because they had been tried and found guilty of something, but because either they or their parents or ancestors were from Japan and, as such, they were deemed a "threat" to national security. -
Nazi's raze town in retaliation for Reinhard Heydrich's death
After Reinhard Heydrich was assionated, the Nazi's distroyed his hometown in retaliation for his death. -
Act to Repeal The Chinese Exclusion, President Franklin Roosevelt signs the act and the Chinese are now allowed to become American citizens.
On December 17, 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law an Act to Repeal the Chinese Exclusion Acts.[i] This repeal law overturned previous laws that had excluded the vast majority of Chinese immigrants since 1882. It also provided for a new annual quota of 105 Chinese immigrants. Additionally, the law added “Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent" to the categories of individuals eligible for naturalization.[ii] For the first time, any qualified lawfully admitted Chinese im -
The Chinese Repeal Act
President Franklin Roosevelt approves the Chinese Repeal Act and the Chinese are finally allowed to become American citizens. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler commits suicide on May 8th, 1945. After this, the war comes to a slow stop. The terrible tyrant that started the war was dead, so what was the point of fighting? The war between the U.S. and Japan continued however, but ended a few months later. -
World War 2 Ends
The date of the ending of World War II is not universally agreed upon, but it started to end once Adolf Hitler committed suicide on May 8th. Once people heard that the terrible tyrant was dead, people didn't think there was a need to fight anymore, because the one who had started the war was gone. -
Atomic Bomb Hits Hiroshima
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. There were 90,000 buildings in Hiroshima before, but after, there was only 28,000 left standing. 346,000- 356,000 people were killed in total were killed during and after the war, due to radiation causing cancer, injuries, and the terrible heat. -
The Second Atomic Bombing- Nagasaki
Only a few days after the Hiroshima bombing, the U.S. struck again. This bomb was made out of uranium, unlike the other that was made of plutonium. 20,000 were killed, but 50,000 were injured. The impact was terrible. The bomb burned skin and crushed huge buildings. It was made of radiaton that later caused cancer for many of the citizens. Even people who weren't there for the bomb got cancer; if a parent had radiation in their bodies. Japan surrendered a few days later. -
Marshall Plan
Europe was devastated by years of conflict during World War II. From 1945 through 1947, the United States was already assisting European economic recovery with direct financial aid. Sixteen nations, including Germany, became part of the program and shaped the assistance they required, state by state, with administrative and technical assistance provided through the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) of the United States. European nations received nearlMarshall Plan funding ended in 1951. -
Korean War Begins
5,720,000 U.S. troops were engaged in the Korean war. The amount of American battle deaths were 33,741.The Korean War was the first armed conflict in the global struggle between democracy and communism, called the “cold war.” -
• Truman Signs Peace Treaty With Japan, Officially Ending WWII
A peace treaty was signed between Japan and U.S. along with 48 other nations, with the exception of the USSR, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Under the terms of the treaty, Japan was forced to give up all its overseas territory. -
Korean war ends
No one exactly won the Korean war because the U.S. and South Korea did not sign a peace treaty with North Korea. -
Vietnam War Begins
The Vietnam War took place right after the Korean War, and it was considered to be a part of the Cold War. It took over a period of nearly nineteen years, from 1955 to 1975. Millons of people were taken from Vietnam and made refugees in the U.S. -
Hungarian Revolution
The Hungarian Revolution was a nationwide revolt against the government of the People's Republic of Hungary and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. -
Most Powerful Earthquake recorded Hits Chile
Approximately 1,655 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile. Tsunami triggered by earthquake
