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Modern KKK Formed
This version of the KKK held a role in politics. It was more anti-"anyone who isn't white" than just anti-black. -
18th Amendment - Prohibition
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Immigration Origins Quota Act
Only 150,000 Europeans allowed; Mexicans exempt from quota; all immigrants from Asia are banned -
Scopes Trial
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Election of Herbert Hoover
Al Smith (D) : Carried the urban vote - he was the governor of NY, pro-alcohol (wet), and a Roman Catholic
Herbert Hoover (R) :Midwestern, pro-prohibition (pro-hibition?), and a Protestant. -
1st Election Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR beats President Herbert Hoover, denying him a chance at a second term (Hoover was seriously disliked). -
Creation of the National Recovery Administration
Created to eliminate competition and favor the workers by providing minimum wage, maximum hours, and allowing labor unions. -
Creation of the New Deal
Reforms and restores the economy instead of nationalizing it. -
Social Security Act
Old-age pension financed equally by a tax on employers and employees. -
Wagner Act
Created the National Labor Relations Board to preside over labor management relations. Allowed the organization of unions and made it mandatory for management to negotiate with unions on matters of wages, hours, and working conditions. -
NRA deemed unconstitutional
Run by the government and had too much power. -
Neutrality Act P.1
Bans U.S arms trade with any countries at war. -
Re-election of FDR
FDR focused on attacking the rich and promising reforms. -
Neutrality P.2
U.S cannot give loans to any countries at war. -
Japan Leaves The League of Nations
Why did Japan leave? Watch this
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Neutrality P.3
Previous provisions made permanent and the cash and carry policy was started. -
Cash and Carry
Come to the U.S with physical cash and take the purchases home yourself. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Granted unskilled and non-unionized workers maximum working hours and minimum wage. -
Hitler Annexes Austria
Annexed in a bloodless coup since Austria was Hitler's #1 fan -
Hitler Invades Poland
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Re-re-election of FDR
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Germany occupies France
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Failed U.S-Japan Negotiations
Japan demands free hand in China and normal trade relations, while the U.S demands that Japan leave China alone. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
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U.S Declares War
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U.S Invades North Africa
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U.S and England invade Italy via Mediterannean
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Battle of Stalingrad
Russians defeat Germans and advance into eastern Europe. -
D-Day
The allies take back France after a battle in Normandy, France. -
Yalta Conference
Allows the Soviets to control elections in eastern Europe. -
Russia has control over eastern Europe
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U.S consolidates Japanese possessions
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Korea Divided at 38th Parallel
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Germany Surrenders
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Japan Surrenders
Having two bombs dropped on you within the span of three days will make you do that. -
Baruch Plan
Proposes whether or not atomic weapons should be turned over to the UN -
Marshall Plan Proposed
Proposed by George Marshall, secretary of state, to aid European countries with rebuilding after the war -
National Security Act
Devotes a large defense budget to focusing on air power -
Marshall Plan Adopted
Congress was reluctant about adopting the plan but did anywa -
Berlin Blockade
Russia blocks all rail and highway traffic to and from Berlin - Truman ordered airlifts of food, fuel, and supplies to the city. -
Berlin Airlift
Result of the Berlin blockade, airdrop of supplies into Soviet Berlin. It's the first real confrontation in the cold war. -
1st Russian Hydrogen Bomb
Triggers the U.S development of their own hydrogen bomb. -
China turns to communism
Led by Mao Tse-tung, heighening tension about the threat of communism -
Launch of McCarthy's Anti-Communist Campaign
Makes a list of suspected communists in the state department - the numbers always change and many innocent people had their lives ruined when they were accused. -
Communist North Korea Invades South Korea
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Brown v. BOE
Makes the segregation of schools unconstitutional Angry father argues against the segregation of schools because his young daughter had to walk a mile to school when a whites-only school would be much more convenient. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Peaceful protest led by Martin Luther King Jr. afer Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus. Led to the decline of African-Americans riding the buses, they would walk, bike, or carpool. -
Founding of Southern Christian Leadership
Formed by MLK, focused on organizing peaceful protests for the civil rights movement. -
Russia Launches Sputnik
First launched animals then the first cosmonaut; led to the funding of technology programs in U.S schools -
Eisenhower Sends Federal Troops to Little Rock, AL
The governor of Alabama had the national guard in to keep the Little Rock 9 from entering but Eisenhower was having none of that. -
Election of John F. Kennedy
Went up against Richard Nixon. It was the first election to include a publicly televised debate. -
Fed. Marshals sent to Birmingham, AL to protect Freedom Riders
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Robert Kennedy Toughens Laws Against Segregation in Public Transport
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Bay of Pigs
Atemped invasion of Cuba by the CIA to contain communism - did not end well. -
Building of the Berlin Wall
Soviets claim its to keep spies from coming in, but in reality they don't want the East Berliners to escape to a better world. -
Soviet Missiles Discovered in Cuba
Discovered by U-2 missiles. -
Marshals & National Guard sent to University of Mississippi
Mississippi literally blocked an African-American student from entering when they were enrolled into the university. -
Planned Coup Against Ngo Dinhm Diem
Given prior approval by Kennedy; resulted in further destabalization in South Vietnam. -
MLK March on Washington
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Election of Johnson
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Johnson given authority to do whatever the heck he wants in Vietnam to fight the northern communists -
Congress Sends Equal Rights Amendment to Congress
Focuses on women's liberation and equality. -
Civil Rights Act Passed
All forms of segregation (public and private) made illegal; established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; also applied to women -
Election of Richard Nixon
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Tet Offensive
N. Vietnam attacks S. capital on the Vietnamese holiday Tet - led to the conclusion that the war could not be won. -
Interned Japanese conpensated