US HISTORY II

  • Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, his assassination sparked the first war.
  • Serbia appeals to Russia for help

    Serbia appeals to Russia for help

    Russian military experts were able to help create a better Serbian army
  • Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

    This was the first true global war, it began in Europe but spread throughout the world very quickly.
  • Germany declares war on Russia

    Germany declares war on Russia

    They claimed Russia had already crossed their frontier, which started the war.
  • Germany invades Belgium

    Germany invades Belgium

    Germany's plan to attack France called for an attack against Belgium.
  • Big Bertha used against Liege Forts

    Big Bertha used against Liege Forts

    German Army asked Gustav Krupp to improve this gun so it has the capability of destroying the heaviest fortification.
  • French troops enter Lorraine

    French troops enter Lorraine

    The French soldiers were no match for the machine-guns and heavy artillery, they were later forced to retreat.
  • Battle of Mons begins

    Battle of Mons begins

    French ordered their men to dig defensive positions near the Mons Canal.
  • Battle of the Frontier begins

    Battle of the Frontier begins

    Series of battles fought against the eastern frontier of France.
  • Battle of Tannenberg begins

    Battle of Tannenberg begins

    Strikes with lethal force against the advancing Russian 2nd Army
  • Battle of Albert

    Battle of Albert

    Name of three battles fought near the town of Albert, of northern France during World War
  • Canadian troops arrive in Britain

    Canadian troops arrive in Britain

    They arrived by by train and quickly boarded five grey ships for England
  • Battle of Dogger Bank

    Battle of Dogger Bank

    A German force were sent out to Dogger Bank with the intention of disrupting the British to sink their escorts.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania

    The ship was named after the ancient Roman province of Lusitania.
  • Edith Cavell executed

    Edith Cavell executed

    She is celebrated for saving the lives of casualties
  • 10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)

    10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)

    Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice To arrest radical leftisits. These occured in November of 1919, and January of 1920. Which was led by Alexander Mitchell Palmer.
  • League of Nations established

    League of Nations established

    An organazation founded as a result to the Paris Peace Confrence. Which ended the first world war.
  • French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle

    French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle

    553 people died from this.
  • Swiss men vote against women's suffrage

    Swiss men vote against women's suffrage

    The majority of them voted no. Switzerland was the last country in Europe to give women the right to vote.
  • First Organized Negro League

    First Organized Negro League

    Andrew "Rube" Foster served as the president of this oranization, became known as "The father of black baseball"
  • League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland

    League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland

    They considered preserving this neutrality essential to Switzerland's economic and political developmenth
  • U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations

    U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations

    United states senators Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, William E. Borah, and Hiram Johnson, opposed more than others.
  • Nineteenth Amendment

    Nineteenth Amendment

    Womens right to vote.
  • Harding denounces the League of Nations.

    Harding denounces the League of Nations.

    In Marion, Ohio he gave a speech on his front porch.
  • Woodrow Wilson Nobel Peace Prize

    Woodrow Wilson Nobel Peace Prize

    He won th Nobel Peace Prize for supporting lasting peace after war.
  • U.S. Census Bureau

    U.S. Census Bureau

    They reported that for the first time in America 51% live in cities and towns of more than 2500
  • Pancho VIlla Retires

    Pancho VIlla Retires

    Pancho Villa agreed to retire as part of a peace agreement with the president of Mexico.
  • Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf

    Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf

    Wrote a book while imprisoned on "political crimes"
  • Hitler Jailed After Failed Coup

    Hitler Jailed After Failed Coup

    Sentenced to 5 years in prison for storming into a beer hall and attempting to force the trimvirate.
  • The First Assassination Attempt on Mussolini

    The First Assassination Attempt on Mussolini

    He was an Italian Fascist leader who gave a speech in Rome when somebody with a mental illness tried to shoot him,
  • The London Naval Reduction Treaty

    The London Naval Reduction Treaty

    Signed by the United States, Great Britain, Italy, France, and Japan. Took effect January 1, 1931, expires December 31, 1936.
  • The ruins of the ancient Indian villages

    The ruins of the ancient Indian villages

    Designated a national monument by President Herbert Hoover.
  • The Star-Spangled Banner

    The Star-Spangled Banner

    Lyrics were inspired by the bombing of Fort HcHenry.
  • Legalizing Gambling

    Legalizing Gambling

    Nevada legalizes Gambling
  • Charles Lindbergh son kidnapped

    Charles Lindbergh son kidnapped

    Later found dead close to home. Three years later Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of the crime.
  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the first time

    His speech began to rally the public and congress to deal with the great depression.
  • The 21st Amendment was passed

    The 21st Amendment was passed

    Ended prohibition
  • Troops get pulled from Haiti

    Troops get pulled from Haiti

    The United States pulls troops from Haiti
  • Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treat and London Naval Treaty

    Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treat and London Naval Treaty

    Also known as the 5 power naval treaty
  • The Historic Sites Act

    The Historic Sites Act

    Declared a national policy to preserve historic sites, such as National Historic Landmarks
  • Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam

    Dedicated by President Roosevelt
  • Naval Expansion

    Naval Expansion

    Act is passed
  • Fair Labor Standards Act

    Fair Labor Standards Act

    Minimum wage is enacted
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Asked the U.S. Congress for a defense budget hike
  • Declares neutrality

    Declares neutrality

    United States declares neutrality with European War
  • German Planes

    German Planes

    attacked 12 ships off British coast, 3 sank, 35 dead
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    intense air battle between Germans and British over great Britain's airspace
  • Leon Trotsky

    Leon Trotsky

    assaignated by Mercader with a mountaineering ice pick
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japanese launched air attack on the U.S Naval Base at Pearl Harbor
  • Japanese-Americans Held in Camps

    Japanese-Americans Held in Camps

    American citizens, were rounded up and shipped to internment camps.
  • Reinhard Heydrich

    Reinhard Heydrich

    killed by a grenade while travelling in his car in Prague.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

    defeated imperial Japanese Navy
  • Anne Frank

    Anne Frank

    When Anne Frank and her family went into hiding
  • battle of stalingrad

    battle of stalingrad

    Germany Army was in full retreat.
  • Italy Joins the Allies

    Italy Joins the Allies

    after going through rough military conditions italy decided to join the allied powers
  • Hitler Escapes Assassination Attempt

    Hitler Escapes Assassination Attempt

    after the attempt to be killed he used an excuse to go after anybody in the war
  • FDR dies

    FDR dies

    after defeating Germany the FDR dies
  • Franklin Roosevelt dies

    Franklin Roosevelt dies

    Harry Truman becomes 33rd president of the United States
  • Hitler commits suicide

    Hitler commits suicide

    After Russian troops fought within yards of his subterranean bunker he shot himself
  • Surrender of Germany

    Surrender of Germany

    after hitler dies german troops laid down their arms
  • Hitler dies

    Hitler dies

    Supposably commited suicide
  • War in Europe

    War in Europe

    The war in europe came to an end
  • Atomic bombs

    Atomic bombs

    Harry Truman orders atomic bombs to be used
  • Potsdam Declaration

    Potsdam Declaration

    Rejected by Japan
  • U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    The only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.
  • United Nations Founded

    United Nations Founded

    Founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan

    help all countries to stop communism
  • Ghandi

    Ghandi

    was assaignated
  • China

    China

    Becomes communist
  • Nato

    Nato

    was established to keep peace
  • 4 black college students

    4 black college students

    protested for being denied service
  • First weather satellite

    First weather satellite

    was launded by the United States
  • U,S figure skating team

    U,S figure skating team

    killed in plane crach near Belgium while on their way to world championships
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    invasion of Cuba replused by Cuban forces
  • 1st manned sub-orbital space flight

    1st manned sub-orbital space flight

    completed with commander Alan B. Shepard Jr.
  • National Park Service

    National Park Service

    extended to the United States virgin islands
  • 3000 troops quell riots

    3000 troops quell riots

    allowed James Meredith to enter the University of Mississippi as the first black student
  • Cuban missile crises begins

    Cuban missile crises begins

    bulit offensive missiles in Cuba
  • Last 27 prisoners of Alcatraz

    Last 27 prisoners of Alcatraz

    were moved by General Robert F. Kennedy
  • Computer Floppy Disks Introduced

    Computer Floppy Disks Introduced

    introduced in 1970s but faded in 1990s
  • Kent State Shootings

    Kent State Shootings

    National Guard suddenly fired upon a crowd of student protesters, four killed, nine wounded
  • Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich

    Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich

    Two Israeli athletes were killed during the raid and nine others were taken hostage