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In, the 1920's people were putting spending lots of money and throwing it all into stock markets. One day they lost all of their money and everyone went broke.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected in November of 1932 for his first term.
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Roosevelt suspended bank transactions over the US. He made up the Emergency Banking Act and tried to reopen banks.
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Roosevelts first one-hundred days of his presidency were filled with a lot of problems. A lot of America's people were jobless and a lot of people were homeless. His first hundred days in office were spent trying to rebuild the economy.
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In 1933 Adolf Hitler had became German Chancellor. He was made chancellor by the president Paul von Hindenburg.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority was founded. The TVA was created to solve problems about the environment, the economy, and technology.
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A large drought in the great plain area. The lack of rainfall and the amount of high winds caused dust storms that went as far as New York City.
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The WPA is created. The WPA was created to employ unemployed people to do public work projects like building buildings and roads.
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The SSA act was passed. It was designed to provide general welfare.
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FDR was elected for his second term in the presidential office. He won against Alfred M. Landon. He won 60 percent of the popular vote.
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Hitler invaded Poland and defeated the Polish army within the first weeks of the invasion.
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A bombing run on Great Britain that was meant to subdue the country. It last for 57 consecutive days.
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Japanese navy planned a surprise attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Allowed internment of people of Japanese decent and resident aliens from Japan.
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A naval battle fought with mostly aircraft. The US destroyed Japans fist line carrier strength and most of their best trained pilots.
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FDR is reelected a third time. Defeating a republican named Thomas Dewey.
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Franklin Roosevelt wins his fourth unprecedented office.
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160,000 soldiers landed and fought against the french coastline and fought Nazi soldiers. The soldiers pushed back the Nazi forces. This helped the soldiers advance into defeating Hitlers army.
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A german offensive attack was launched in the Ardennes Mountains on the Western Front. The allies had lost a lot of soldiers but eventually they got supplies to help them. The german forces ran out of manpower, ammunition, and supplies so they had to retreat.
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On January 27th, allied forces arrived at Auschwitz. Most of the prisoners had been evacuated and sent on death march. The remaining prisoners were set free.
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FDR was in his home at 1pm. He was complaining about a pain in his head and suddenly collapsed. He was later claimed dead by doctors in Georgia.
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Victory in Europe Day. The end of of World War 2 in Europe. On May 8th German General Jodl signed a surrender document that ended World War 2.
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A uranium gun type bomb known as "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima.
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A plutonium-implosion type bomb known as "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki.
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Celebrations of the ending of World War 2. Celebrated all over the world.
