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Black Tuesday
Stock Market crash A.K.A. "Black Tuesday" ; caused by unregulated speculation and market saturation, marked the beginning of the Great Depression -
Turning point
WWII Begins, the highest death count and largest war in history, between the Axis Powers and the Allied Power; and in this same year the end of the Great Depression is unofficially marked -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks the U.S. Naval Base with no warning. In immediate response to this, America officially declared war on Japan. -
The Yalta Conference
a conference over the division of Germany between The United States, Great Britain, France, and Russia. Disagreements regarding the political future of the country led to a divide of democracy vs. communism. -
The End
This year marked many events, including the end of WWII, as well as the U.S. dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, and even the death of FDR.