Chapter 27

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    Chapter 27

  • Washington Naval Conference

    Washington Naval Conference

    When the Washington Naval Congerence was called to order, they here put a limit on tonnage (measure of the size or cargo carrying capacity of a ship)
  • World Court

    World Court

    The World Court decides to reject the qualified U.S. entery
  • Kellog-Briand Pact

    Kellog-Briand Pact

    Kellog-Briand Pact outlaws war as a "an instument of national policy"
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Roosevelt Corollary

    Clark Memorandum repudiates the Roosevelt Corollary
  • Japan Occupation

    Japan Occupation

    Japn occupies China's Manchurian province
  • USSR

    USSR

    Franklin D. Roosevelt extends diplomatic recognition to the U.S.S.R
  • Rhineland

    Rhineland

    Hitler's troops reoccupy Rhineland, Germany
  • Neutrality Act

    Neutrality Act

    Franklin D. Roosevelt signs permanent Neutrality Act
  • USS Panay

    USS Panay

    Japanese planes sink the USS Panay in China
  • Ludlow War

    Ludlow War

    The Ludlow war refrerendum was buried in Congress
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    The Munich Conference appeases Hitler
  • WWII

    WWII

    Germany invades Poland. World War Two has now began.
  • USSR Invasion

    USSR Invasion

    Germany invades the U.S.S.R
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Therefor the United States enters World War II
  • North Africa

    North Africa

    The Allies land in North Africa
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    United States defeats Japanese at the Battle of Midway
  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad

    The Soviets defeat the German Nazis at Stalingrad
  • Big Three

    Big Three

    The Big Three meet at Yalta (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union)
  • FDR

    FDR

    Franklin D. Roosevelt dies; Harry Truman becomes president
  • Surrendering

    Surrendering

    Germany surrenders unconditionally (May); United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, then Japan surrenders (August)