WWI-Great Depression-WWII By ebtc Sep 9, 1912 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan Encyclopedia Hirohito Jun 28, 1914 Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and wife Assination Link Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI Link May 7, 1915 Sinking of The Lusitania Wikipedia Jan 1, 1917 Henry Ford opens assembly lines to African American workers Henry Ford Blog Mar 8, 1917 Russin Commnist Revolution Begins Wikipedia May 18, 1917 Passage if the Selective Service Act WIkipedia Jun 15, 1917 Espionage Act passed by Congress Wikipedia Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration Set up under Herbet Hoover Wikipedia Jan 1, 1918 Flu Kills 30 Million Wikipeda Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents Fourteen Points Peace Plan Wikipedia Mar 3, 1918 Russia Withdrawl of WWI Wikipedia May 16, 1918 Sedition Act passed by Congress Wikipedia Nov 11, 1918 Armistice ends World War I Wikipedia Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing peace at the end of WWI Wikiedia Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933 Passage of Prohibiton Era Wikipedia Prohibition Oct 31, 1922 Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy Wikipedia-Mussolini May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight NY Times Nov 6, 1928 Herbert Hoover elected President Wikipedia-Hoover Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" History-Black Tuesday Jan 1, 1930 Bank failures begin Living History Jan 1, 1930 U.S. population is 123 million Wikipedia U.S. Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 1940 Dust Bowl Wikipedia Jan 1, 1931 Boulder Dam project begins Wikipedia Apr 11, 1931 Empire State building completed Wikipedia Aug 8, 1931 Japan Invades Manchuria Wikipedia Aug 8, 1931 Japan invades Northern China Wikipedia-China invasion Jan 1, 1932 Nebraska's State Capitol is finished Wikipedia Nebraska Feb 26, 1932 Johnny Cash birth Biography May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a Solo Flight Wikipedia-Earhart Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army Wikipedia Nov 8, 1932 FDR elected president- 1st term FDR Jan 1, 1933 Model B Ford introduced Wikipedia Jan 1, 1933 Hitler Sets up Dachau Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1942 Civilian Conservation Corps Wikipedia- Conservation Corps Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany Scholastic Mar 12, 1933 FDR First Fireside Chat History-fireside chat May 12, 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act Wikipedia-Ag Act Dec 5, 1933 21st Ammendment added to the Consitution Wikipedia Jan 1, 1934 Congress creates the SEC Investor Jan 8, 1935 Elvis Presley is born Wikipedia Apr 8, 1935 Works Progress Administration established Wikipedia- WPA Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act Wikipedia Jan 1, 1936 Jessie Owens Wins 4 Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany Olympic.org Jul 18, 1936 Civil War in Spain begins Wikipedia Spanish Civil War Aug 1, 1936 Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Berlin Wikipedia-Olympics Nov 3, 1936 FDR elected President- 2nd term FDR 2 May 6, 1937 HIndenburg disaster Wikipedia-Hindenburg May 27, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge Opened Wikipedia-Bridge Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart disappears History.com Amelia Oct 30, 1938 WAR of the Worlds Brodcast Wikipedia Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Wikipedia Jan 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Wikipedia Aug 23, 1939 Hilter and Stalin sign Non agressiosn Pact History.com Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland History-German invasion Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite Wikipedia Nov 5, 1940 FDR elected president- 3rd term FDR 3 Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Act Wikipedia Jun 22, 1941 Hitler Invades the Soviet Union USHMM.org Period: Dec 7, 1941 to Dec 8, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor- US enters WW2 Wikipedia Jan 16, 1942 War Prodution Board is Created Wikipedi Feb 19, 1942 Japanese Inernment Camps Begin Wikipedia Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Wikipedia Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Invasion History.com Nov 7, 1944 FDR elected President for a fourth term History-FDR 4th term Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge Wikipedia Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1952 American Occupation of Japan Link Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Confrence Wikipedia Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945 Iwo Jima Wikipedia Mar 8, 1945 V-E Day and V-G Day Link Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshma and Nagasaki History.com Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg War Trials Wikipedia
