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accused
serbia accused of subverting its rule -
strongest nation
strongest nation on European continet was germany -
Wilhelm II
germanys kaiser or emeror decided the nation should beome a major sea power -
major defense allience
allies consisted of france britian and russia and the other was germany austria-hungary and italy -
allies
the alliences provided a measure of internatiional security -
War
1 by 1 each allience group got pulled into the fights -
austria-hungry war
austria declared war against russia -
fighting starts
germany invaded belgium -
visiting
archduke franz ferdinand visits the bosnian capital -
outflanking
after struggling to out flank each others armies both sides dug -
no mans land
barren expannse of mud pockmarked shell craters -
trenches
the trenches were rat infested and un able to live -
warfare
armys fought for mere yards of ground -
Jeannetter Rankin
only memeber of the house to vote against the U.S. -
Causes of world war 1
several factors made american neutrality difficult to maintain -
19th amendment
gave women the right to vote -
stock market
stock market collapses -
President?
Warren G. Harding is elected -
great depression
economy plummeted and unemployment -
world wide
even europe and other countries where trying to fix all this -
econo,ic trouble
people became rich others could not make adecent living -
Communist Party
Chinese Communist party is founded in Shanghai -
Convicts
Sacco and Vanzetti are conivted -
high way system
federal road act fund -
world series
baseball world series brodcast on radio for first time -
music
louis armstrong plays for king oliver -
german economic crisis
croisis strikes -
magazine
time magazine begins publication -
president
calvin coolidge elected president -
trial
scopes trial takes place in tennessee -
hirohito
becomes japans emperor -
flight
charles lindbergh makes the first trip nonstop solo -
election
herbert hoover is elected president -
black tuesday
bottems fell out of the markets -
stocks
stocks prices peaked then fell -
weakness
some economists had warned of weakness in the economy -
japan
japan invades manchuria -
nobel prize
jane addams shares the nobel peace prize -
bonus army
bonus army arrives in Washington D.C. -
franklin delano roosevelt
electer president -
unemployment
25% which is 1.6 million workers didnt have jobs -
new power
adolf hitler takes power in germany -
expansion
century of progress -
banks
1929,600 banks closed 11,000 of the nations 25,000 banks failed -
japan withdraws
japan withdraws from the league of nations -
credit card
First Modern Credit Card Introduced -
surgery
First Organ Transplant -
cartoon
First Peanuts Cartoon Strip -
War
Korean War Begins -
Witch Hunt
Senator Joseph McCarthy Begins Communist Witch Hunt -
Bomb
U.S. President Truman Orders Construction of Hydrogen Bomb -
TV
Color TV Introduced -
Vaccine
Polio Vaccine Created -
death
Joseph Stalin Dies -
Submarine
First Atomic Submarine Launched -
cancer
Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer -
ammusment park
Disneyland Opens -
Food
McDonald's Corporation Founded -
remote
T.V. Remote Control Invented -
Dr.seuss
Dr. Seuss Publishes The Cat in the Hat
