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Formation of the United States
The United States of America was created on July 4, 1776. Great Britain Recognized their independence in the treaty of Paris of 1783, which concluded the American Revolutionary war. Among them was the idea that all people are created equal. whether European, Native American, or African American, and that these people have fundamental rights, such as liberty, free speech, freedom of religion, due process of law, and freedom of assembly. -
Mussolini & Facists come to power in Italy
In Europe after WWI, Fascism arose when many people yearned for national unity & strong leadership.Benito Mussolini used his charisma to establish a powerful fascist state in Italy. He coined the the term “fascism” in 1919 to describe his political movement. -
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
https://youtu.be/t_aZWY2Pm3g , The Japanese invaded in 1931 and set up the puppet government of Manchukuo. The League took a year to respond, but did order Japan to withdraw, leading to a Japanese walkout. Japan turned to Manchuria for oil, rubber and lumber in order to make up for the lack of resources in Japan. -
Hitler & the Nazis come to power in Germany
Hitler and other Nazis felt they had accomplished some measure of victory because they had destroyed European Jewry. Hitler was abetted by the tremendous fear of communism taking over Germany.His party was built upon German veterans who were committed to the Folk Party ideas, including its Anti-Semitism. Hitler was the 55th member of a Folk Party founded in 1921 called the National Socialist Party, the Nazi Party for short. -
Neutrality Acts passed in the US
United States Government enacted a series of laws designed to prevent the United States from being embroiled in a foreign war by clearly stating the terms of U.S. neutrality. Congress passed the first Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war”. Events in Europe and Asia indicated that a new world war might soon erupt and the U.S. Congress took action to enforce U.S. neutrality. -
Munich Conference
https://youtu.be/t0v1NtYBKAE . Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France signed the Munich agreement. The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia were not invited. The Munich Conference came as a result of a long series of negotiations. -
Kristallnacht
Nazi in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, businesses, & killed close 100 Jews. German Jews had been subjected to repressive policies since 1933, when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. German businesses were publicly announcing that they no longer serviced Jews. -
Germany & USSR sign the Non-Aggression Pact
Enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact.German chancellor Adolf Hitler used the pact to make sure Germany was able to invade Poland unopposed.The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact fell apart in June 1941, when Nazi forces invaded the Soviet Union. -
Germany invades Poland - Beginning of WWII
The German invasion began on September 1, 1939. Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. Great Britain would respond with bombing raids over Germany three days later. -
Battle of the Atlantic
https://youtu.be/tJHs3biTAdI , The Battle of the Atlantic began west of Ireland on September 3, 1939. It was the longest continuous military campaign in WWII. The Montréal-bound passenger ship had 1,400 passengers and crew members on board. 118 of them were killed. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.The controversial creation and eventual use of the atomic bomb engaged some of the world’s leading scientific minds, as well as the U.S. military. blob:https://www.history.com/ec6393d6-36ad-485b-b7e7-9d2682c4dde5 -
France falls to Germany
It was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. On September 3, 1939 France had declared war on Germany, following the German invasion of Poland.he German offensive quickly overwhelmed Dutch forces, and the bombing of Rotterdam persuaded the Netherlands to surrender on May 15.. -
Rescue at Dunkirk
The Rescue at Dunkirk was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and Harbor of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between May 26, and June 4, 1940. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the evacuation.About 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved. -
Formation of the axis powers
October 15, 1936 Germany and Italy signed a friendship treaty that formed the Rome-German Axis. The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan. The alliance began to form in 1936. The Tripartite Pact was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan on 27 September 1940, in Berlin. With millions serving in other countries, an estimated 300 million soldiers saw combat. -
Presidential Election of 1940
The presidential election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Roosevelt did not want to campaign for a third term initially, but was driven by worsening conditions in Europe. Roosevelt had built a comfortable lead, and won the election by five million votes, with 54.8 percent of the popular vote and 84.5 percent of the electoral college. -
US freezes Japan assets in the US and refuses to sell Japan oil
On July 26, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt seizes all Japanese assets in the United States in retaliation for the Japanese occupation of French IndoChina. Tension between Japan and the United States increased dramatically when Japan seized French Indo-China in July 1941. -
Congress passed the Lend Lease Act
This Act stated that the U.S. government could lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States.” The passage of the Lend-Lease Act enabled a struggling Great Britain to continue fighting against Germany virtually on its own until the United States entered World War II late in 1941. blob:https://www.history.com/c6999ad6-4bfa-41ef-9b45-28d302756de4 -
bombing of pearl harbor
Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Over 1,000 people died in this attack. This was done to make the United States afraid. -
Relocation of Japanese Americans to camps
The first internment camp in operation was Manzanar, located in southern California. Holding approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans for varying periods of time in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas. U.S. Navy cryptanalysts had cracked the Japanese naval code and determined that the primary target of the forthcoming Japanese offensive was Midway. -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of midway island
The Battle of Midway was an epic clash between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy that played out six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.Hoping to replicate the success of the Pearl Harbor attack Yamamoto decided to seek out and crush the rest of the U.S. Pacific fleet with a surprise attack aimed at the Allied base at Midway Island.Midway is located in the Pacific Ocean almost directly in between the United States and Japan. -
Rosie the Riveter campaign encourages women to get a job
Rosie the Riveter was an media icon associated with female defense workers during World War II. Beginning in 1942, as an increasing number of American men were recruited for the war effort, women were needed to fill their positions in factories.These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who joined the military. -
D-Day Invasion
blob:https://www.history.com/acbd6edc-9ade-4ef9-bd2d-7fbbe7886f64. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France.D-Day required unprecedented cooperation between international armed forces.Over 2 million troops from over 12 countries were in Britain in preparation for the invasion. -
Allied invasion/Victory in the Philippines
Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan. The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory. October 20, 1944, a few hours after his troops landed, MacArthur waded ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte. Only one-third of the men MacArthur left behind in March 1942 survived to see his return. https://youtu.be/ptVKbN27_4g -
Presidential election of 1944
The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. In Roosevelt previous three runs, Roosevelt had faced little challenges from the Republican Party. With the war continuing, observers found it highly unlikely that the opposition would be able to mount much of a campaign against the president. -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle proved to be the costliest ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. Allies won the Battle of the Bulge resulting in significantly higher casualties on the German side despite their surprise attack on Allied forces. This battle was held on December 16, 1944. -
Yalta Conference
The Big Three agreed that after Germany's unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post-war occupation zones, controlled by U.S., British, French and Soviet military forces. the Big Three agreed that after Germany's unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post-war occupation zones, controlled by U.S., British, French and Soviet military forces. Roosevelt felt confident that Yalta had been successful. -
V-E Day
The Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Reich, formally recognizing the end of the Second World War in Europe. Both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. The main concern of many German soldiers was to elude the grasp of Soviet forces, to keep from being taken prisoner. -
Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
On August 6 1945, an American B-29 bomber dubbed Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city Nagasaki instantly killing a further 40,000 people.
