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Dawes Act
It was made by Senator Henry Laurens Dawes of Massachusetts. Its goal was to bring Indians into everyday American society. -
Bolshevik Revolution
The Bolshevik leaders had the armed workers known as Red Guards seiz post and telegraph offices, and other businesses. Then, they stormed the Winter Palace and overthrew the Provisional government. -
Paris Peace Conference
The Allies hald a meeting to figure out the Central Powers' punishment. The Big Four were all in attendance. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It made Germany accept the responsibility of the war. -
Wahington Naval Conference
It was a military conference called by President Warren G, Harding. It was attended by nine nations and they talked about the interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. -
Benito Mussolini Comes to Power in Italy
He founded the fascist movement and became the youngest prime minister after the March on Rome. He turned Italy into a dictatorship by laws that transformed the nation and destroyed any political opposition. -
Rapallo treaty
This was an agreement between Germany and Rssia where they agreed to undo all territorial and financial claims against the other after World War II. -
England refuses to renew its alliance with Japan
England did not want to protect Japanese intersts in Korea. It was viewed as an obstacle at the Paris Peace Conference, and the Four Powers Treaty was created picking the U.S. over Japan. -
Beer Hall Putsch
Adolf Hitler and the nazi party marched Berlin and attempted to overthrow the German government. The putsch failed, and their new government based on race had not been established yet. -
Stalin comes to power in Russia
He was general secretary of the Soviet Union and very close to Lenin. After Lenin's death, Stalin politically isolated his enemies, and had them dismissed from government making him the sole leader. -
Mein Kamph Published
An Autobiographical manifesto written by Adolf Hitler. In the book he outlines his plans for Germany and his political ideas. -
Stock Market Crash
This is known as Black Tuesday because it the biggest crash in history effecting all banks and businesses. World War II actually helped the U.S. out of its ten year depression by giving jobs to ten million people. -
Maginot Line
A line made up of 500 separate buildings. Large forts were built nine miles from each other, and had 1000 soldiers with artillery. It was constructed to keep the Germans from attacking, and minimize damage to property. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
They occupied this space until the end of World War II. Both Japan and Korea went against orders from the government. However, since they kept having vicrtories, the government couldn't refuse them. -
Ukrainian Famine
This was a result of Joseph Stalin's policy of forced collectivization. The famine broke the peasants' will to resist and left Ukraine devastated. It broke their feelings of nationalism and was seen as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. -
Hitler made Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was named chancellor during Germany's own depression. influential people wanted him to be leader of a parliament free government. -
First Concentration Camps established
Jews were harshly contained in these without respect to legal norms. Many Jewish people died here and were abused and imprisoned. -
The Night of the Long Knives
Nazi Germany carried out political murders of prominent government leaders who were conservative and anti-Nazi. -
Hitler declares himself Vice Chancellor and Fuhrer of Germany
Hitler decided he should become leader after Hindenburg died, but as a fuhrer or supreme leader of the German people. -
US Neutrality Acts
United States passed these to ensure that they would not get involved in another costly world war. It was brought on by feelings of isolationism and non-interventionism. -
Stalin begins military purges and The Great Terror
Stalin murdered Sergi Kerov, his biggerst rival, and puts an end to the anti-communist movement. The Great Terror was a time where Stalin targeted anybody he believed was suspicious. He then tortured, imprisoned, or killed them. -
Berlin Oympics
For two weeks Hitler and the Nazis disguised Germany as peaceful. The U.S. and other democracies missed their opportunity to boycott and make a stand against Hitler. -
Rape of Nanking
Japanese army marched into China's capital and murdered 30,000 of their 60,000 soldiers and civilians. It lasted six weeks and came after China's defeat at Shanghai. -
Hitler invades Austria
Hitler trapped Austria's chancellor into signing a sheet full of his demands. This left Austria helpless and Germany invaded, taking over without firing a shot. -
Hitler invades Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia built up their military for the border, but Sudeten Nazis still joined Germany. In 1938 half a million Sudeten Germans also joined the Nazis. -
Munich Conference
Leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Kristallnacht
It was a series of attacks against Jews in Germany and parts of Austria. Ninety-one Jews were killed and 30,000 were put in concentration camps. -
Hitler invades the rest of Czechoslovakia
Nazi Germany annexing the Sudetenland left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak and powerless to prevent occupation. Germany invaded and expanded again. -
Enigma Machine used in Britain
The enigma machine was used for deciphering secret messages. A German engineer created it and several countries military’s, like Nazi Germany started using it during World War II. -
Einstein writes letter to FDR on the possibility of atomic weapons
Many scientists talked about the possibility of nuclear energy, but nobody thought it existed. The letter warned FDR that Germany might develop atomic bombs and suggested that the United States should start its own nuclear program. -
Nazi Soviet anti-aggression pact
It guarenteed that Soviet union and Germany would not attack each other. Germany had protected itself form fighting a two front war and the Soviet had been awarded land. -
Hitler invades Poland
Poland kept moving back ready to defend, and waiting for help from England and France which was very limited. German and Soviet forces gained full control and divided and annexed Poland. -
France and Britain declare war on Germany
Britain and France declare war on Germany after it invades Poland who is their ally. Britain begins bombing German ships. France begins an offensive on Germany's western border. -
Winter War between Finland and Russia.
The Soviet Union wanted parts of Finland back that they had lost during the Russian Revolution. They claimed security reasons. Soviet forces defeated Finnish defenses and they offered the Soviets the originally demanded land, which they accepted. -
Nazi Occupation of Norway
The Nazi's military occupied Norway and the Norwegians worked along with the German government while the real king was in exile in London. -
Scandinavian Wars
Both the Allies and Axis Powers didn't want each other to gain power in Scandinavia. Germany thought Britain would get bases there and Britain thought Germany was planning to invade Norway and Denmark. -
Defeat of French army by the Nazis
Germany launched two operations successfully defeating France and splitting the country. -
Winston Churchill comes to Power in England
His stubborn refusal to give into Hitler or compromise peace helped British resistance along with his inspiring words. He lead until the defeat of Hitler was completed. -
African Deset Campaigns
These were fought between the Allies and Axis powers who both had colonial interests in Africa. This is where the U.S. sent troops after entering the war. -
Battle of Britain
The German Air Force wished to gain air control over the Royal Air Force. It was the biggest aerial bombing of that time. -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades the Soviet Union during World War II because of Hitler's desire to conquer these territories. -
Nazi Final Solution Developed
This was Germany’s plan to finally get rid of all Jews in German-occupied Europe. This was the most deadly phase of the Holocaust, destroying many Jewish communities. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed the United States navy base in Pearl harbor, Hawaii officially bringing the U.S. into World War II. -
Manhattan Project Begins
This was a research and development project that made the first atomic bombs. Two types were made, one with uranium-235 and one with uranium-238. -
FDR signs Executive Order 9066
This was a controversial policy that ordered the removal of alien enemies from parts of the West identified as military areas. This was done after increased fear of another Japanese attack. -
Battle of Midway
United States Navy decisively defeated an attack by the Japanese navy just six months after their attack on Pearl Harbor. It the Japanese navy’s first defeat in 350 years. -
Nimitz and McArthur begin island hopping in the Pacific
The Allied forces wished to “leap frog” or skip over heavily guarded Japanese forts and instead focus on less guarded smaller islands that would still get the troops to Japan. -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops, 5,000 ships, and 13,000 aircrafts landed along a 50-mile long coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Operation Market Garden
This unsuccessful operation fought in the Netherlands and Germany was supposed to gain the Allies entry into Germany over the Lower Rhine. It was the largest airborne fight to date. -
Battle of the Bulge
It was a German offensive that caught the Allies off guard and was the costliest battle for America in casualties. It also depleted Germany’s war-making resources. -
US victory at Iwo Jima
United States Armed Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese. The goal was to capture the entire island, including its three airfields to be able to attack Japan’s main islands. -
Death of FDR
He served 12 years with the campaign “Happy Days are Here Again”. He died in 1945 due to cerebral hemorrhaging. -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler hid away in an air raid shelter commits suicide after drinking a cyanide capsule and then shooting himself with a pistol. He does this as German defenses collapse around him. -
Surrender of Germany
This signified the end of World War II. It was signed by representatives of the Allied powers and Soviet Union. -
First Successful test of atomic bombs
In the New Mexico desert, 120 miles south of Santa Fe, the first atomic bomb was detonated. The scientists watched as smoke flew 40,000 feet into the air and generated immense destructive power. -
US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagosaki
These were the last two events of the war and only use of nuclear weapons known to date. The United States threatened complete and utter destruction which Japan ignored resulting in the U.S. dropping the atomic bombs. -
Surrender of Japan
By the end the Japanese were incapable of forming operations, even though they stated they would fight until the end. The Allies planned to invade, but Japan was already planning a peace agreement plans.
