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Great Depression Starts
With the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Great Depressoin started. The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in the nation’s history. Millions experienced starvation, homelessness, and extreme suffering. -
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Japan invades Manchuria
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Roosevelt was elected President
Roosevelt was elected president in a time of great need, right in the middle of the Great Depression. He helped Americans regain faith and brought them hope when they needed it. He famously said, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” He also made the New Deal, which was going towards recovery to business, relief to unemployed, and reform. -
Hitler Appointed Chancellor
Hitler was appointed Chancellor. He first gained power when he advocated German racial superiority. He then overthrew the constitution and took control of Germany’s government. -
Nuremburg Laws
The Nuremberg Race Laws started on September 15, 1935. They were a set of anti-Jewish laws that declared the Nazi’s intention to segregate Jews from the Aryan society. This was the first public declaration of their intentions toward Jews. -
Hitler & Mussolini form the Rome-Berlin Axis
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Japan invades China
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Britain's appeasement of Germany
They agreed that Germany would gain control of the Sudetenland in exchange for Hitler to stop seeking more territory. Though Winston Churchill warned Chamberlain that Hitler wouldn’t stay true to the agreement, Chamberlain saw it as making peace. -
Germany invades Austria
Hitler planned to take over Austria, yet it was very peaceful because most of Austria were German. There were already many Nazis stations in Austria and the country welcomed Hilter to become their new leader. -
Kristallnacht
It’s a nationwide pogrom in Germany. It was on November 9/10, 1938. The name refers to the violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place throughout Germany. Called the “Night of Broken Glass”, it was a night of destruction of Jewish-owned businesses, synagogues, and Jewish homes that were instigated primarily by Nazi Party officials. -
Germany & Soviet Union have a nonaggression pact
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Japan joins the Axis Powers
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Germany invades Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and France (Vichy France)
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o German air force (Luftwaffe) bombs London and other civilian targets in the Battle of Britain
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
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Lend-Lease Act
Allowed the US to lend weapons to Allies. This was created nine months before the US entered the war, and lasted until 1945. A total of 50.1 billion dollars worth of materials were shipped over to Europe during World War II under this program. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a secret government project planning to make an atomic bomb to bomb Japan with. It was led by an American physicist named J. Robert Oppenheimer. They started this project shortly after entering the war. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were a famous segregated group of African-American pilots during WWII. They served with honor in North Africa and Europe. All the African-American soldiers that served were required to serve in segregated units because of the racial prejudice, even though there were more than one million African-American men that served in the armed forces. -
Japanese-American Incarceration
President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 and that order demanded for the removal of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from the Pacific Coast. More than 110,000 women, men, and children were put into internment camps. 2/3 of them were Nisei, or American born Japanese-Americans. -
Battle of Midway
This was a major turning point in the war when the US Navy destroyed four Japanese carriers and at least 250 planes. They clashed off the Coral Sea off the coast of Australia. US victory -
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter was a key figure during the war era. She was an image of a strong woman working in an arms factory. Women were a new group of wage earners for the family. Because of the large amount of men fighting overseas, women took over the workforce and the percentage of women working increased. -
Guadalcanal
The first major U.S. land victory over the Japanese in 1943. Guadalcanal is an island off Japan, and in February 1943, the Americans finally won. Code talkers were an important part of this victory. -
Germans surrender at Stalingrad
Stalingrad was an important industrial center in Russia that the Soviets refused to give up. Despite the brutal weather, Germany was relentless. Thousands of Nazi soldiers died of the cold and starvation. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler’s final assault, an last desperate attempt to win the war. German troops pushed back Allied forces back to Luxembourg. The human toll was very costly. -
D-Day
D-Day was an Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The Allies invaded Normandy, behind German lines. It was a surprise to the Germans because they were expecting an attack from the coast. -
Replacing the League of Nations
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50 Nations ratified the charter
all 50 nations ratified the charter, creating a new international peacekeeping body known as the United Nations. President Roosevelt had urged Americans not to turn their backs on the world again. Unlike the League of Nations, the United States is a member of the United Nations. -
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Potsdam Conference
Allies held the Potsdam Conference to plan the war's end. This was the decision that was to put Nazi war criminals on trial. -
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Nuremburg trials
24 defendants, including some of Hitler's top officials. Hermann Georing was the creator & head of Gestapo (secret police). They were charged with crimes against humanity. 19 were found guilty, 12 sentenced to death. The people are responsible for their actions, even in wartime. -
Marshall Plan
Congress approved Secretary of State George Marshall's plan to help boost European economies. The U.S. gave more than $13 billion to help the nations of Europe get back on their feet.
