The Depression and WWII, Section 2

By khoke

  • Stock market Crash

    Historians consider this date as marking the start of the depression

  • Invasion of Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria for resources; demonstrates Japanese expansion

  • 1932 election

    FDR is elected president

  • Hitler

    Hitler becomes the leader of Germany

  • Civil Works Administration

    Provided blue-collar jobs to the unemployed, part of FDR's program.

  • Dust Bowl

    Drought led to poor agriculture, death, migration in the Great Plains

  • John Dillinger

    John Dillinger, a bank robber,is killed

  • Invasion of Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia

  • SSA

    Social Security Act,part of FDR's New Deal, provided welfare to the elderly

  • Nurembourg laws

    Denied civil rights to Jews

  • Rome Berlin Axis Agreement

    Alliance between Germany and Italy

  • Invasion of China

    Japan invades China for space and resources lost due to the depression

  • Japanese Soviet Neutrality Pact

    Agreement between Japan and the Soviets not to fight over territory

  • Kristallnacht

    "The Night of Broken Glass"- nazis beat up jews and destroy Jewish property

  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

    Alliance between Germany and the Soviets

  • Invasion of Poland

    Germany invades Poland. This event is considered the start of WWII

  • Pearl harbor

    Japanese attack U.S. base; brings U.S. into WWII