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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. Sparks WWI
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Germany starts the first fight in the war by invading Belgium
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German u-boats attack and sink a passenger ship
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Germany tries to keep the US out of the war by limiting submarine warefare
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One of the most horrific battles the world had ever seen. 1.2 million died and only 7 miles of land was gained
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The British blockaded Germany's coast to prevent them from trading. 750,000 Germans starved to death
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Hughes was so confident that he had beaten Wilson in the election. He went to bed believing he was the president. This was not the case
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Germany tries to get Mexico to invade the southern states, and get Japan involved in the war
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America announces war on germany and joins the Allied Powers in the fighting
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Congress passes the Selective Service Act that required men to register with the government to be randomly drafted in to the war
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The czar of Russia is overthrown and Russia backs out of the war
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President wilson announced his plan for peace, which was called the 14 Points
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the outbreak of influenza killed almost as many people as the war itself did.
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Germany agreed to a cease fire and the fighting stopped
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the Big Four met and came up with a peace treaty that Germany had to sign, called the Treaty of Versailles
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The stock market crashed
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Congress passes this tariff to eliminate over-seas compitition
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the banking system accross the country fails and $200 Million disappears
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He defeated Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory to become president
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The Roman Catholic anti sematic "Radio Priest" drawns in a massive audiance
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Francis Townsend proposed a state funded pension for elderly people
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Huey Long founds the share our wealth program to try to help the poor people by taking money from the rich
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Huey Long is assassinated inside the Louisiana Capitol Building
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Roosevelt wins another landslide victory against Alf Landon
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The start of world war 2 marked the end of the great depression because it provided jobs to almost all of the unemployed
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FDR is re-elected
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Japan attacked Hawaii
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The Bataan death march occurued on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippian islands
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The Manahattan project was started and the first successful chain reaction happened
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The US stormed the beaches of Normandy
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German offense is launched that starts the battle of the bulge
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Hitler sees no way out and takes hi own life
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Little Boy was dropped on Japan
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The Nuremburg Trials begin
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the United Nations is born
