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1914-Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia and Serbia declares war on Germany.
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April 25, 1915:The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Campaign, was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia during World War I.
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The Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sunk by a German U-Boat
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Romania joined the the war with the Allies Romania entered the war in an attempt to seize Transylvania, an area in Austria-Hungary with a Romanian ethnic majority but under Hungarian administration. Despite initial successes, the combined Russo-Romanian forces suffered several setbacks.
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Henry Asquith resigns and David Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
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The Russian revolution started.
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Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points.
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The Treaty of Versailles officially ends World War 1.
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During World War I, federal spending grows three times larger than tax collections. When the government cuts back spending to balance the budget in 1920, the war economy invested heavily in the manufacturing sector.
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The conservative Supreme Court strikes down federal child labor legislation.
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The stock market begins its spectacular rise.
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Between May 1928 and September 1929, the average prices of stocks will rise 40 percent. The boom is largely artificial.
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Supreme Court rules that the monopoly U.S. Steel does not violate anti-trust laws as long as competition exists, no matter how negligible.
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No major legislation is passed addressing the Depression.
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A third banking panic occurs in March. Roosevelt declares a Bank Holiday; closes financial institutions to stop a run on banks.
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Nazis immediately claimed that this was the beginning of a Communist revolution. This fact leads many historians to believe that Nazis actually set, or help set the fire.
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Congress authorizes creation of the Federal Communications Commission, the National Mediation Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Hitler's rise to power. In early 1934, there were 2.5 million SA men compared with 100,000 men in the regular army.
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The Supreme Court declares the National Recovery Administration to be unconstitutional.
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Hitler announced the Nuremberg Laws in 1935.
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Top tax rate raised to 79 percent.
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No major New Deal legislation is passed after this date, due to Roosevelt's weakened political power.
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The United States will begin emerging from the Depression as it borrows and spends $1 billion to build its armed forces. From 1939 to 1941, when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
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Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II.Word World War 2 ends!
