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Great Depression and World War II events

  • Black tuesday

    Black tuesday
    wallstreet crash
  • Franklin D Roosevelt elected to first presidential term

    Franklin D Roosevelt elected to first presidential term
    Franklin became president the first time March 4 1933
  • Roosevelts Hundred Days

    Roosevelts Hundred Days
    Planned to put an end to depression that was thought to be caused by the former president
  • Roosevelts bank holiday

    Roosevelts bank holiday
    suspended bank accounts
  • Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor
    Adolf Hitler starts his chancellor life in 1933
  • Tennessee Valley Authority founded

    Tennessee Valley Authority founded
    to adress a wide range of issues
  • The dust bowl

    The dust bowl
    Terrible drought throughout the 1930s
  • works progress administration created

    works progress administration created
    agency employing millions of people
  • Social security act passed

    Social security act passed
    a new social insurance made
  • Adolf Hitler invades Poland

    Adolf Hitler invades Poland
    Adolf invaded Poland fall of 1939
  • The london blitz

    The london blitz
    The appearance of German bombers over london
  • FDR elected to second term

    FDR elected to second term
    FDR elected for his second term in Nvember 1940
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
    The attack that led into World War II. Suprise attack by Japanese
  • Executive order 9066

    Executive order 9066
    evacuation of all people deemed a threat
  • Battle of midway island

    Battle of midway island
    Americans beat a fleet of Japanese air fire
  • D-day

    D-day
    16000 american troops deployed to fight Nazi troops
  • FDR elected to third presidential term

    FDR elected to third presidential term
    FDR gets elected for the third time as president
  • FDR fouth presidential term

    FDR fouth presidential term
    wins his final term
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    german offensive campaign
  • Auschwitz liberated by Allied forces

    Auschwitz liberated by Allied forces
    freed people from concentration camps
  • FDR dies

    FDR dies
    FDR died