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WWI-Great Depression-WWII

  • Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

    Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
  • Inventor Rudolf Diesel vanishes

    Inventor Rudolf Diesel vanishes
  • French novelist Albert Camus is born

    French novelist Albert Camus is born
  • Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

    Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers
  • Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

    Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
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    WWI

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
  • Jeannette Rankin becomes first U.S. congresswoman

    Jeannette Rankin becomes first U.S. congresswoman
  • War industries board established to regulate production WWI

    War industries board established to regulate production WWI
  • Passage of the Selective Service Act

    Passage of the Selective Service Act
  • Espionage and sedition acts passed by congress

    Espionage and sedition acts passed by congress
  • Russian Communist Revolution begins

    Russian Communist Revolution begins
  • Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Point Peace Plan

    Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Point Peace Plan
  • Russia withdraws from WWI

    Russia withdraws from WWI
  • Austria-Hungary surrenders to the allies

    Austria-Hungary surrenders to the allies
  • Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line

    Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line
  • Armistice ends World War 1

    Armistice ends World War 1
  • worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

    worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million
  • Passage of Prohibition

    Passage of Prohibition
  • Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

    Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI
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    end of Prohibition

  • Hitler comes to power in Germany

    Hitler comes to power in Germany
  • Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

    Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight
  • Robert Pirsig is born

    Robert Pirsig is born
  • Herbert Hoover elected president

    Herbert Hoover elected president
  • Bank failures begin

    Bank failures begin
  • The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

    The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"
  • Congress creates the SEC

    Congress creates the SEC
  • Japan invades Northern China

    Japan invades Northern China
  • Japan conquers Manchuria

    Japan conquers Manchuria
  • Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

    Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight
  • Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

    Hoover disbands the Bonus Army
  • FDR elected President once

    FDR elected President once
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act
  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps
  • First Fireside Chat by FDR

    First Fireside Chat by FDR
  • Hitler sets up Dachau

    Hitler sets up Dachau
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    Dust Bowl

  • Works Progress Administration established

    Works  Progress Administration established
  • Congress passes the Social Security Act

    Congress passes the Social Security Act
  • Boulder Dam Project begins

    Boulder Dam Project begins
  • Civil War in Spain

    Civil War in Spain
  • Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

    Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany
  • FDR elected President twice

    FDR elected President twice
  • Hindenburg disaster

    Hindenburg disaster
  • Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

    Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds
  • Kristallnatch (night of the falling glass)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

    Kristallnatch (night of the falling glass)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods
  • Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

    Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
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    WWII

  • Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War

    Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War
  • FDR elected President three times

    FDR elected President three times
  • Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

    Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
  • Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses

    Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses
  • German General Rommel surrenders in North America

    German General Rommel surrenders in North America
  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
  • Hitler invades the Soviet Union

    Hitler invades the Soviet Union
  • Babi Yar massacre begins

    Babi Yar massacre begins
  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII
  • National War Labor Board established by woodrow wilson

    National War Labor Board established by woodrow wilson
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
  • JFK thanks Clare Booth Luce for good-luck coin

    JFK thanks Clare Booth Luce for good-luck coin
  • D-Day Invasion

    D-Day Invasion
  • FDR elected President four times

    FDR elected President four times
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    Battle of the Bulge

  • WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

    WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt
  • Japanese Internment Camps begin

    Japanese Internment Camps begin
  • Nuremburg War trials

    Nuremburg War trials
  • Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

    Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
  • Victory in Europe

    Victory in Europe
  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Victory in Japan

    Victory in Japan
  • Russians want the American dream

    Russians want the American dream
  • Trains collide in Pakistan

    Trains collide in Pakistan
  • Gaither Report calls for more U.S. missiles and fallout shelters

    Gaither Report calls for more U.S. missiles and fallout shelters
  • Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

    Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan