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National Socialist German Workers' Party
A far-right political party created to pull workers away from communism. Adolf Hitler joined the party and became its leader in its founding year. Hitler was then appointed Chancellor of Germany and began his totalitarian reign known as the Third Reich. -
Emergency Quota Act
Known by several other names, this act was intended to temporarily limit the number of immigrants in the face of the large number of Jews fleeing from persecution overseas. Its purpose was to restrict the amount of undesirable immigrants and favored immigrants from western Europe. It added two features to the country's immigration laws, numerical limits and using a quota system to set that limit, making it the most important turning point in the U.S. immigration policy -
Joseph Stalin
Stalin is appointed General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party. -
President Calvin Coolidge
After President Harding unexpectedly died in office, the
Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th U.S. President. -
Beer Hall Putsch
Hitler and the Nazi Party attempted to overthrow the Bavarian government. Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for treason but served less than one year of his sentence. The putsch and his trial catapulted Hitler into a national figure. -
Beer Hall Putsch defeated
This was a failed coup by the Nazi Party to overthrow the Bavarian government. -
Immigration Act of 1924
The act limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the United States through a national origins quota, completely excluding Asian immigrants, was enacted on this date. -
Revenue Act
This act cut federal tax rates (retroactively for 1923) and established the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals, which was later renamed the United States Tax Court. -
Dawes Plan
This plan was proposed by the Dawes Committee to resolve the World War I reparations that Germany was forced to pay. -
President Coolidge Inauguration
Coolidge's inauguration after winning the election. -
The Scopes Trial
The state of Tennessee took John T. Scopes, a substitute teacher, to trial for violating the Butler Act when he taught evolution to his students. -
President Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States. -
U.S. Stock Market Crash
This four day stock market crash contributed to the Great Depression. The market dropped about twenty five percent. -
FDR Becomes President
Franklin Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president of the United States. -
End of Prohibition
The end of prohibition allowed alcohol to be manufactured and distributed in the Unites States. -
Hitler Becomes Fuher
Hitler becomes the supreme power of Germany and has entire control of what happens and goes on inside of the borders of Germany. -
FDR Inauguration
FDR begins his second term after winning the 1936 election by a landslide. -
Germany Troops Occupy Rhine
During this year Germany advance and successfully took Rhineland. -
Hossbach Conference
This was the turning point for Hitler's foreign policy and military, also outline Hitlers expansionist policies. -
WWII Begins
The second World War begins after Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Soviets Invade Finland
The USSR invaded Finland because they had a stable economy and were growing fast at the time. -
Hitler Takes France
Germany advances through Europe and takes France through a massive siege and several battles. Over the course of six weeks the allied forces were unable to stop their advance. -
Battle of Britain
This was a air battle between Germany and Britain, about 1000 British aircraft were shot down while Germany had over 1800. -
FDR Inauguration
FDR begins his third term as President of the U.S. He was the first person elected to a third term and will be the only. -
Russia enters WWII
Hitler terminated that pact by launching Operation Barbarossa, this was axis assault on Soviet-Help Territories. -
Pearl Harbor
The event that makes the United States join the second world war, this was an attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan. -
Franklin D Roosevelt's fourth inauguration
The beginning of his historical 4th term. He died 89 days later.
