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WW1
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US Enters WW1
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14 Points
Speech given by Woodrow Wilson
Took progressive ideals and applied them to foreign policy -
Armistice Day
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Treaty of Versailles
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Roaring Twenties
Economic Prosperity
Widespread Stock Speculation
Stocks Bought on Margin -
League of Nations First Meeting
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18th Amendment Effected
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Prohibition
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19th Amendment Ratified
Women's Suffrage -
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Chinese Civil War
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Black Thursday
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Great Depression
Rugged Individualism (Hoover) - Minimal Gov't Involvement -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Significantly raised taxes on a large number of goods
Tariffs reached record levels -
20th Amendment
Moved Inauguration Day from March to January
Adjusted timing and requirements for Government Operations -
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FDR as President
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New Deal
Relief (for the poor/unemployed)
Recovery (of the economy)
Reform (to prevent future depressions) -
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Fireside Chats
Gave hope to the public in a friendly manner -
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Job Creation
Conservation of Natural Resources -
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
Paid farmers to reduce crop production
Less crops = more value
Declared unconstitutional as regulation of agriculture is a state power -
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Provided electicity, flood control, economic development
Senator George W. Norris -
Gold Standard Abandoned
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Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC)
Created to refinance homes to avoid foreclosure -
Glass-Steagall Act
Created the FDIC -
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Allowed the President to regulate industry o help stimulate economic recovery (wages, hours, prices)
Established public works program
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Federal Deposite Insurance Corporation
Protects deposits (Started at $2500, $250,000 today)
Not a cent lost -
21st Amendment Ratified
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21st Amendment
Repealed Prohibition -
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Regulates stock exchanges (buying on margin) and monitors trading for unfair manipulation of stock prices -
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The Long March
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National Labor Relations Act (NLRA/Wagner Act)
Limits employer abilities to react to labor unions, collective bargaining, and strikes -
Social Security Act
Created Social Security System
Gives money to elderly, unemployed, Medicare -
Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
Italy invades and occupies Ethiopia, creating Italian East Africa, or AOI -
Court-packing (Judiciary Reorganization Bill)
Allowed the President to appoint new judges for each 10-year judge that did not retire or resign once 70 years old
Max 6 judges -
Japanese Invasion of China (2nd Sino-Japanese War)
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The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
Investigative committee of the House of Representatives
Investigated Communism in the US
First Chairman: Edward J. Hart
Alger Hiss
Hollywood Ten -
Japanese Invasion of the USSR and Mongolia
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union -
German Invasion of Poland
Start of WWII -
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WWII
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France and Britain declare war on Germany
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Soviet Invasion of Poland
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Cash and Carry
US allows Allied purchases, but buyer must pay cash and provide transport -
German Invasion of Denmark and Norway (Operation Weserübung)
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German Invasion of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
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Italian Invasion of France
Creates German and Italian occupation zones and Vichy France -
Soviet Armed Forces occupy Baltic States
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia -
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Battle of Britain
German bombing of the UK -
Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, Japan -
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Greco-Italian War
Italians attacked Greece from Albania after their ultimatum was rejected.
Crete Falls in May 1941 -
Land-Lease Act
Permitted the President to sell, transfer, lease, lend, or give supplies to any country deemed necesary for the defense of the US -
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Operation Barbarossa
German Invasion of the Soviet Union
Aimed for Moscow -
Atlantic Charter
Between the US and the UK
No territorial gains sought
Territorial adjustment must be in accord with the people involved
Self-Determination
No trade barriers
Global economic cooperation/advancement of social welfare
Freedom from want and fear
Freedom of the Seas
Disarmament -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
14-Part Message sent by Japanese, but arrived too late
Large destruction of US Navy
US joins WWII -
Doolittle Raid
First air raid against Japan -
Battle of Midway
US wins decisive victory against Japanese Navy, crippling the Japanese forces -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germany attempted to take Stalingrad, but the Soviets fought it off. -
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Battle of Guadalcanal
Allied forces attack the Japanese in an attempt to control and deny the southern Solomon Islands -
Battle of Kursk
Last German Offensive in the East -
Armistice with Italy
Ended Italian Involvement -
D-Day
Part of Operation Overlord
Invasion of Normandy -
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Operation Overlord
Allied Invasion of Western Europe -
Yalta Conference
Meeting Between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin -
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Cold War
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Roosevelt Dies
Presidency is taken over by Harry S. Truman -
Adolf Hitler Dies
Suicide by Gunshot and Cyanide -
United Nations Charter Signed
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Potsdam Conference
Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill/Clement Attlee, Joseph Stalin -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
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Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender
Signed Aboard the USS Missouri
38th Parallel is set as the Korean boundary soon after -
Churchill "Iron Curtain" Speech
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Truman Doctrine
The "Long Telegram" written by George Kennan served as the basis for the Truman Doctrine
Created the Containment policy -
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The Marshall Plan
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Berlin Blockade
Soviet Union blocked Allied access to Berlin in an attempt to control the city by forcing reliance upon Soviet supplies
Countered by the Berlin Airlift
Created the Federal Republic of Germany (West) and the German Democratic Republic (East) -
North Atlantic Treaty Signed
Created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) -
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Korean War
North Korea invaded over the 38th parallel -
Joseph Stalin Dies
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First Soviet Hydrogen Bomb Test
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US Tests First Hydrogen Bomb
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Warsaw Pact
Treaty of Mutual Defense between the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Szechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania