American history late 1800-1970 By binasmith22 Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865 Civil War The American Civil War Period: Jan 1, 1869 to Jan 1, 1918 Imperialism Jan 1, 1896 Plessy Vs. Ferguson Jan 1, 1910 Japan takes Korea Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1918 World War I Jan 1, 1918 Treaty of Versailles Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 7, 1941 Isolationism Jan 1, 1931 Japan takes Manchuria Jan 1, 1932 Hitler comes to power Jan 1, 1935 Neutrality Acts passed Jan 1, 1936 Hitler invades the Rhineland Jan 1, 1938 The Anschluss Sep 1, 1938 Invades the Sudetenland Sep 30, 1938 Munich Conference Jan 1, 1939 Cash and Carry Mar 1, 1939 Czechoslovakia taken Sep 1, 1939 Poland taken Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Aug 15, 1945 World War II Jan 1, 1940 Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemberg Jan 1, 1940 Battle of Britain Jan 1, 1940 Destroyers for Bases Jan 1, 1941 Lend and Lease Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Bombed Jan 1, 1942 Battle of the Atlantic Jan 1, 1942 Battle of Stalingrad Jan 1, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Jan 1, 1942 Battle of Midway Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Jan 1, 1943 Battle in North Africa Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Jan 1, 1945 The Manhattan Project Period: Jan 1, 1943 to Jan 1, 1945 Fighting in Italy Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Aug 24, 1944 Paris Liberated Sep 1, 1944 France and Netherlands Liberated Jan 1, 1945 Yalta Conference Feb 1, 1945 Iwo Jima Apr 1, 1945 Okinawa Apr 12, 1945 FDR Dies May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima bomb dropped Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki bomb dropped Aug 15, 1945 Japan surrenders