History project

  • Mussolini forms Fascist party

    A large Italian nationalist group is formed that can influence major conflicts.
  • Black Tuesday

    New York stock exchange completely colapses
  • FDR’s 1st term begins

    The beginning of the presidency that would lead America through WW2.
  • Hitler seizes power

    Hitler seizes power

    Hitler gains control of Germany and a strong army eventually leading to WW2.
  • Social Security Act

    Signed by FDR, it created a social insurance program to give retired workers 65 or older a continuous income after retirement.
  • FDR’s 2nd term begins

  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Enforces things like minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping and youth employment standards which had not been a thing before.
  • FDR’s 3rd term begins

  • Holocaust begins

    Holocaust begins

    Genocide of Jewish people during WW2 by the Nazi's.
  • Operation Barbarossa Begins

    Operation Barbarossa Begins

    The operation when Germany invaded the Soviet Union, this was their downfall because it brought another strong power against them in a already hard war.
  • Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

    Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base, but miss their main aircraft carrier and bring the U.S. into WW2.
  • Navajo code developed

    Navajo code developed

    Navajo people joined the army and created a unbreakable code for the American army
  • D-Day

    D-Day

    Invasions of Normandy, France, many casualties.
  • Korematsu v. United States

    Court case for the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military area during WW2.
  • FDR’s 4th term begins

    The First time that a president had 4 terms though it was short with his death son after he was inaugurated.
  • Truman takes Office

    Harry S. Truman get to be president for 1 term after FDR's death.
  • VE Day

    VE Day

    Victory Day, U.S. and Great Britain celebrate victory.
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    Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombed

    U.S. uses A-bombs on Japan, leads to end of WW2