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Japan invades Manchuria
The Japanese invaded Manchuria. This causes tension between China and Indochina. Japan created the Japanese sphere of economic domination. Japan was hoping to solve the finical problem through expansion, which made this important to US History. -
Neutrality Acts of 1939
The Neutrality Acts 1939 is another name for Cash and Carry. This allowed other Nations at war to buy goods from the United States. If other countries paid us the cash we would hand them the weapons or materials they needed. The Neutrality Acts is very important to US history because it shows we still have our goods. -
Munich Pact
The Munich Pact allowed Hitler to take land from France and Britain. Hitler's agreement couldn't allow him to take away more land. But Hilter got greedy wanted more land. This ended up causing him to become violent. This ends the European policy of appeasement, that's why this is important to US History. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland. Hilter broke the Munich Pact by invading Czechoslovakia. This is when France and Britain called war on Germany. That's why this is important to US History. -
Exec Order 8022
Roosevelt created the Exec Order 8022. This stopped racial or ethnic discrimination. This was a huge stepping stone for the United States because it was a progressive move. -
Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was released by President Roosevelt and the British prime minister. This is important to US history because it shows how we formed an alliance. -
Atlantic Conference
The Atlantic Conference showed a strong relationship between Britain and the United States. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act is when Congress allows Roosevelt to "sell, transfer title to exchange, lease, lend or dispose to any government and defense articles. " Roosevelt thought this was a good idea to protect America. This was important to US history it shows how we tried to process neutrality to war time economy. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
This was an attack on US soil. Everybody was surprised when Japan dropped a bomb on the United States. This caused the US to declare war on Japan. That's why it is important to US history. -
Exec Order 9066
The Exec Order 9066 forced Japanese Americans onto internment. This is important to the United States because it shows our discrimination towards Japanese Americans. This shows how bad our relations with Japan were. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a victorious battle for the Alliances. This was a stopping point for Japan, they couldn't level up. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was an invasion into North Africa. Germany wanted to control the oil fields. -
D-Day
The invasion of Normandy on D-Day. This is an important day because this was a turning point. -
Korematsu v. United States
The Korematsu v. United States was a court case. A Japanese American refused to leave his home after the Exec. Order 9066. Unfortunately, Korematsu lost the lawsuit. Putting Japanese Americans into internment as the Constitution. This is significate to US history because it shows how we segregated Japanese Americans. Show how bad our relations were. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was Truman's idea. The United States wanted to stop war on Japanese soil. -
Battle of the Bugle
Battle of the Bulge was Germany's last offesne. This also destroyed the Nazi party. This extremely important because the Nazi party was killed. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was held between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. During the conference, they spoke about post-European plans and the final defeat. -
Nuremberg Trials
The Nuremberg Trials Crimes took place from November 20, 1945, to October 1, 1946, The Nazi Officers and civilians were charged with crimes against the Jews. Several different Nazis were convicted and sentenced to death. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to be civil with communism. The Truman Doctrine provided economic assistance. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift was the first attempt from the Soviet Union to block Berlin. Berlin Airlift was made to provide supplies such as food, medicine, and water. -
Israel is Establish
The United States showed self demonstration on Jews. The fatherland was Isreal after the Holocaust. This was crucial to our history because this is the birthplace of Christianity and Judaism. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was a financial aid that helped reconstruction. This put an end to the fall of European countries going, communist. The Marshal Plan was proposed by George Marshall. This is important to the United States history it stopped the spread of communist, -
US establishes NATO
The US created NATO for the military. NATO was directed towards the Soviet Union to see what. NATO saw the Soviet Union was testing for atomic bombs. -
Soviet Union test Atomic Bomb
The Atomic Bomb was tested by the Soviet Union. This development of the hydrogen bomb started the nuclear arms war. The Soviet Union wanted to catch up to the United States since they had already constructed the bomb. -
Korean Conflict War
The Korean Conflict is when North Korea decided to capture South Korea. The Korean War conflict was because of all of the communist role. -
Soviet Union Launches Spnutnik
The spaced race happened on October 4th. That's when Sputnik launched. The launch showed how advanced their math and science skills are. This upset America because they wanted to win the Arms Race. The is important to US history because it shows the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. -
National Defense Education Act
The National Defense Education act is when the space race happened in 1957. This promoted math and science skills which were very successful. This allowed multiple people to go to private colleges and universities. -
Rise of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was in Germany which divided between the West and East Berlin. The wall showed the effects of the Cold War. The wall tried to prevent people from escaping trying to run away from Freedom. -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union conquered Afghanistan to trying to make their government stronger. The United States stepped in the middle and tried to stand up against them for their containment policy. The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan is important to US history because it shows that we tried to stop communist governments. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall was the end of the war. But this was the start of the Cold War. This was a huge event in Germany because it stopped people from escaping the Solivet Union.