History II Final

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  • Period: to

    Severe Recession

    There was a long period where the country was in a recession.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    Collapse of the US Stock Market.
  • Britian goes off Gold Standard.

    Britian goes off Gold Standard.

    They are the first major nation to do so.
  • Poland invaded

    Poland invaded

    Hitler invades Poland. War is declared on Germany two days later by Britian and France.

  • Smith Act

    This act made it a crime to advocate the overthrowing of the US gov't.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor attacked by Japan. This allowed the US to enter the war.
  • Potsdam Conference

    Potsdam Conference

    38th parallel
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb dropped by US on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • MacArthur fired

    MacArthur fired

    Replaced by Ridgway
  • Period: to

    Vietnam War

  • Rosa Parks arrested

    Rosa Parks arrested

    Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    Sputnik was first launched into orbit.
  • MLK assassinated

    MLK assassinated

    MLK Jr. was assassinated in Memphis TN.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    Apollo 11 lands on the moon.
  • Peace treaty

    Peace treaty

    A peace treaty was signed between Egypt and Israel