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President McKinley assassinated, Teddy Roosevelt now 26th President -
World War 1 begins in Europe -
Intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI -
Ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it -
The stock market crashed leading into The Great Depression -
Huey Long criticizes FDR, “Share Our Wealth" proposes large tax burden on wealthy. -
Supports union rights and protects collective bargaining -
World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany on September 3 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for his 3rd unprecedented term as president. -
Agreement between U.S President FDR and Britain Prime Minister Churchill -
On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, decimating the US Pacific Fleet -
U.S. defeats Japan, seen as turning point in the war in the Pacific -
The creation of the Atom Bomb -
Russia and the U.S. begin to break down Axis position on western front -
Allies invade Normandy, France on D-DAY, which was the largest land/sea invasion of the war. -
Allies liberate Nazi concentration camps in Eastern Europe -
Franklin D. Roosevelt dies, Harry Truman becomes President, and Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
U.S. intent to fight Communism by helping free nations resist it -
Postwar economic recovery to help Western Europe; largest relief aid given by the U.S. in U.S. history -
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) created - alliance system of 26 countries in North America and Europe -
Korean war begins; U.S. aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 -
Board of Education overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional -
USSR launches first satellite in space -- Sputnik -
JFK vs. Nixon, JFK wins presidency over Nixon