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FDR declares Good Neighbor Policy
FDR wanted reliable trade with South America because Europe was very volatile after WWI. -
FDR declines London Economic Conference
FDR wished to engage in expansionary monetary policy whereas European countries desired currency stability. Due to this difference in opinion, FDR abadoned and denounced the conference. -
US recognition of the Soviet Union
In order to seek further foreign trade opportunites, FDR recognized the Soviet Union as a legitimate country. -
Tyding-McDuffie Act
The Tyding-McDuffie Act granted the Philippines sovereignty after a period of ten years. -
Reciprocal Trade Agreements
In order to reduce the surplus of goods in the US which resulted in the Great Depression, reciprocal trade agreements sought to drastically lower US tariffs in line with reduced tariffs abroad, particularly in South America. -
US Neutrality Act of 1935
This neutrality act imposed an embargo on the sale of arms to foreing nations in order to maintain neutrality in Europe. -
Mussolini invades Ethiopia
Defying the League of Nations with no consequence, Italy invaded Ethiopia with the intention of imperialism. -
US Neutrality Act of 1936
This act renewed the provisions of the previous neutrality act for another 14 months. -
Japan Invades China
The Sino-Japanese war was the result of decades of Japanese hostility and attemted imerialism. The conflict merged into World War II following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Panay Incident
The Panay incident was the Japanese attack of the USS Panay, which was anchored in the Yangtze River. The Japanese claimed it was an accident and payed a large indemnity, but the incident swayed public US opinion against Japan. -
Hitler Seizes Austria
Hitler sought to unite all Germans under the same nation. His annexation of Austria to accomplish this goal was excused in line with Europe's policy of appeasement toward Germany even though Anschluss was forbidden by the Treaty of Versaille. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was a meeting between European powers which permitted the German annexation of Sudetenland, portions of Czechoslovakia bordering Germany. -
Hitler Seizes all of Czechoslovakia
Following the Munich Agreement, Hitler seized the remainder of Czechoslovakia by force with no reprecussions. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Forseeing war, the Soviet Union agreed to a non aggression pact with Nazi Germany in which countries bordering the Baltic Sea were divided between the two powers for occupation. -
WWII begins in Europe with Hitler's Invasion of Poland
Hitler's invasion of poland is the straw that breaks the back of the camel of European appeasement and launches the world into war. -
US Neutrality Act of 1939
Arms were allowed to be sold to belligerent countries (Great Britain and France). -
Fall of France
France succumbed to Nazi invasion after little over a month of battle. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a period of bombing over England following the fall of France. The battle was fought entirely in the sky. -
Destroyer deal with Britain
The US exchanged unused Destroyer battleships for British land holdings. The destroyers were named after British towns only if there were American towns of the same name. -
US invokes first peacetime draft
Registration for selective service was enforced for men between the ages of 21 and 35. -
Lend-Lease Act
Billions of dollars of war material were lent to allied nations, effectively ending the US's neutrality. -
Hitler attacks Soviet Uniion
In violation of the non-aggression pact, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union with domineering force. -
Fair Employment Practices Commission established
Government contracted companies were required to not discriminate against prospective employees with regards to race or religion in order to provide homefront jobs to black men. -
Atlantic Charter
This Allied agreement set post-war goals for no land grabbing. Stalin was crossing his fingers evidently. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
The US was engaged in war by Japan with a sneak attack upon Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. -
US Declares War on Japan
In response to the Pearl Harbor attack The US declared War on Japan. -
Germany declares war on US
Hitler declares war on the US in response to their declaration of war against Japan. -
Japan Conquers the Philippines
The Philippines are easily conquered by Japan after being left poorly defended by America. -
Japanese-Americans Interned
Japanese Americans were detained during wartime to prevent a domestic attack. -
Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major naval battle in which aircraft carriers engaged each other directly in combat. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was an extremely decisive American victory agianst the Imperial Japanese Navy on the Midway Atoll. -
US invades North Africa
The invasion of the North Africa intended to drive the Axis powers from the region as well as improve naval power in the Mediterranean Sea. -
Japanese driven from Guadalcanal
This strategic victory for the US came at the cost of an attritious naval battle centered around Guadalcanal. -
Casablanca Conference
Allied leaders met in Morocco in order to redefine the goals of the war, demanding "unconditional surrender" from the Axis Powers. -
Allies invade Italy
The Allies invaded Italy. -
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was the first meeting between the Big Three allied leaders, Roosevlet, Churchill, and Stalin. -
D-Day Invasion of France
D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history and began the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied Western Europe. -
Battle of Marianas
The amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands marked the end of carrier vs carries battles between the US and Japan with a decisive US victory. -
Korematsu v. US
This Supreme Court Case determined that the Internment of Japanese Americans during the war was unconstitutional. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign through the Ardennes region in Western Europe. -
Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
These were two prominent island hopping battles in the Pacific Theater. -
Roosevelt dies; Truman assusmes presidency
Roosevelt died and Truman replaced him. -
Potsdam Confernce
This conference between the Allied powers was held in occupied Germany in order to decide the punishment of the defeated Nazis. -
Atomic bombs dropped
The atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to avoid an amphibious assault on Japan. -
Japanese Surrneder
Following many naval defeats and two atomic explosions, Japan was forced to surrender with an allied invasion imminent.
