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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
He was assassinaion. Started World War 1 -
Germany invaded Belgium
An American coorespondent described the first major refugee crisis of the 20th century. -
Tannenberg
Gremans stop Russian advanced. -
Marne First Battle
Allies stop German advanced on Paris. -
Gallipoli
Allied forces defeated in bid to establish his supply route to Russia. -
Ypres Second Battle
Germans used chemical weapons for the first time. -
German U-Boat response
Germany responded to the British blockade with a counterblockade by U-boats. -
President Wilson Campaign
He launches a generate support for Preparedness and the Continental Army with three speeches in New York. -
Verdum Feb-July
The French hold the line in the longest battle of the war. -
Somme first battle July-Nov
Disastrous British offensive. -
the 1916 Election
The Democrats renominated Wilson,and the Republicans renominated Surpreme Court Justice Charles Even Hughes. -
America Acts
Congress passed the resolution. -
USA Declaired War
The Germans ignored Wilsons call for peace. Germanys leaders hope to defeat Britian by using unresricted submarine warfare. -
Raising an Army
Congress passed the selective service act. -
Mass Production
United States launched 95 ships. -
The collapse of Germany
Kaiser gave up the throne. -
The Palmer Raids
6,000 people were arrested and held without trial. -
Eighteenth Amendment Passes
Prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol -
The Prohibition Experiment
Manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors was outlawed. -
The Red Scare
Revolutionanies in Russia over threw the czanst regime. -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Murdered two men in South Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. -
Pancho Villa Retires
Agreed to retire as part of a peace agreement with the new interim president of Mexico, Adolfo De la Huerta. -
the 19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote in the United States. -
The Emergency Quota Act
This system established the maximum number of people who could enter the United Statesfrom each foregin country. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding died suddenly from a heart attack or stroke. -
The Klan
Reached 4.5 million. -
First Assassination Attempt on Mussolini
Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini was giving a speech whena bullet almost ended his life. -
The "Fatty" Arbuckle Scandal
Virginia Rappe died from peritonitis, caused by a ruptured blatter, and Arbuckle was to blame. -
Babe Ruth
He hit his 60th home run in a single season, making a new record that lasted for 34 years. -
Jazz Singer
The first movie that included dialogue and music on the filmstrip itself. -
Bubble Gum Invention
The invention of the first successful bubble gum is credited to Walter Diemer. -
St Valentines Day Massacre
Seven men were gunned down in cold blood in a garage in Chicago -
First Academy Awards
Jannings was handed the very first Academy Award. -
Star Spangled Banner
The "Star Spangled Banner" becomes the country's official national anthem. -
Gangster Al
Capone is convicted of tax evasion after years of involvement in bootlegging and gambling, mostly in Chicago. -
State Capital
Nebraska's state capital is finished. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
democrat from New York, defeats Hoover for the presidency -
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is enacted into law -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. -
Prohibition
the nation repeals the constitutional amendment prohibiting the making, selling, possessing and consuming of alcoholic drinks. -
Benito Mussolini
Italian prime minister and dictator Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia in 1935. -
King Edward VIII
King Edward VIII of England gives up his throne to marry Wallace W. Simpson, "the woman I love." Simpson cannot become England's Queen because she's American and a divorcée. -
Olympics in Berlin
black Alabama native educated at Ohio State University, Jesse Owens, wins four gold medals. -
The Invasion
Japan invades China -
Earheart Lost
she is lost over the Pacific on a round-the-world flight. -
The Hitler-Stalin Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies. -
Germany invades Poland
Great Britain declares war on Germany. Soon, all of Europe is fighting. -
The Phoney War
Hitler launched a surprise invasion of denmark and norway in order to protect freedom and independence. -
The Fall of France
Hitler handed french offices his terms of surrender. -
The Battle of Britain
Germans assembled an ivasion fleet along the french coast. 2,000 German planes ranged over Britain. -
RAF
The RAF shot down over 185 German planes, at the same time they lost only 26 aircrafts. -
The Treaty of Versalilles
Caused anger and resentment, germans saw nothing fair in a treaty that blamed them for starting the war. -
Lend-Lease Act
Congress passed it, beause Americans favored it. -
Supporting Stain
Hitler broke the agrement he made in 1939 with Stalin not to go to war and invade the Soviet Union. -
Shoot on Sight
Roosevelt orderd the navey to shoot the German Submariens on sight. -
Peace Talks Are Questioned
Tojo orderd the Japenese Navy to preapre for an attack on the United States. -
German Wolf Packs
Wolf Packs were successful in sinking as much as 350,000 tons of shipments in a single month. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A Japenese dive bomber swooped over pearl harbor, and was follwed by more than 180 war planes. -
Reaction to Pearl Harbor
Roosvelt requested for a declaration of war agaist Japan -
A production Miracle
American newspapers reported the end of automobile production for private use. -
The Tripartite Pact
Germany, Italy, and Japan, the 3 nations became known as the Axis Powers. -
The Survivors
6 million jews died in death camps and in the Nazi Massacres.
