Unit 2 Depression and Destruction

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  • The British issue the Balfour Declaration, supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine

  • British fire on Indians in the Amritsar Massacre

  • Gandhi begins the Great Fast in opposition to Hindu-Muslim violence

  • Gandhi leads the salt march to protest British rule

  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany in January

    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany in January

  • In March, the Enabling Act is passed, and Hitler becomes dictator of Germany

    In March, the Enabling Act is passed, and Hitler becomes dictator of Germany

  • In late February, the Reichstag is burned to the ground

    In late February, the Reichstag is burned to the ground

  • Roosevelt has his first "fireside chat"

    Roosevelt has his first "fireside chat"

  • The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is established

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is established

  • Period: to

    Franklin D. Roosevelt serves as President

  • Congress passes the Social Security Act

    Congress passes the Social Security Act

  • The Boulder Dam is completed

    The Boulder Dam is completed

  • The Works Progress Administration begins

    The Works Progress Administration begins

  • British "White People" policy limits Jewish immigration into Palestine

  • Germany invades Poland. Hitler and Stalin divide Polish lands and people between them.

  • Soviets invade Finland.

  • Finland surrender to the U.S.S.R.

  • Nazi troops Norway and Denmark

  • German armies invade Belgium and Holland

  • Miracle of the Dunkirk rescue

  • Battle of France ends when France signs an armistice with Germany

  • Period: to

    The Battle of Britain is fought

  • The United States repeals the Neutrality Act of 1935 and passes the Lend-Lease Act

  • The German army unleashes the first airborne invasion of the island of Crete

  • Hitler launches Operation Barbarorssa and invades the U.S.S.R.

  • German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler

  • The Allies liberate Rome

    The Allies liberate Rome

  • The Allied troops land in Normandy on D-Day

    The Allied troops land in Normandy on D-Day

  • FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta

    FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta

  • U.S. bombs Dresden, killing 135,000 civilians

    U.S. bombs Dresden, killing 135,000 civilians

  • Iwo Jima and Okinawa are taken by the Allies

    Iwo Jima and Okinawa are taken by the Allies

  • The United Nations Charter is ratified

  • Period: to

    Harry Truman serves as President

  • Period: to

    Nuremberg Trials are held

  • President Roosevelt dies

    President Roosevelt dies

  • The Soviet army surrounds Berlin

    The Soviet army surrounds Berlin

  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide

  • Victory in Europe (V-E) Day

    Victory in Europe (V-E) Day

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japan announces surrender (V-J Day)

    Japan announces surrender (V-J Day)

  • Soviet Communists take control of Bulgaria and Romania

  • Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech

  • Yugoslavia joins the Communist bloc

  • President Truman issues the Truman Doctrine, supporting the containment of Communism

  • United Nations authorizes a sovereign Jewish state

  • Pakistan becomes an independent nation: Mohammad Ali Jinnah is Pakistan's first governor-general

  • India becomes an independent nation: Jawaharlal Nehru is the first prime minister of India

  • Israel is officially declared a state

  • Gandhi is assassinated

  • Period: to

    Israel fights a brief war for independence against five Arab states

  • Israel enters the United Nations