Timeline: WWI-Great Depression- WWII

Aug 6, 1890

First use of electrical chair

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Dec 6, 1900

The Panama Canal

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Period: Feb 18, 1910 to Feb 18, 1970

The Great Migration

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Feb 3, 1913

Alien Land Law

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Dec 1, 1913

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

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Jun 28, 1914

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinard and his wife Sophie

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Jul 28, 1914

WWI

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Dec 18, 1914

Ludlow Massacre

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May 7, 1915

Sinking of the Lusitania

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Nov 2, 1916

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

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Feb 1, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

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May 18, 1917

Passage of Selective Service Act

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Jun 15, 1917

Espionage and Sediction acts passed by Congress

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Jul 28, 1917

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

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Aug 10, 1917

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

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Oct 1, 1917

Russia withdraws from WWI

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Oct 3, 1917

Revenue Act

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Jan 8, 1918

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

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Mar 1, 1918

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

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Apr 8, 1918

National War Labor Board established to regulate production in WWI

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Nov 4, 1918

Austria-Hungary surrender to Allies

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Nov 11, 1918

Armistice ends WWI

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Jun 28, 1919

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

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Period: Feb 21, 1920 to Feb 21, 1933

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

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Sep 1, 1920

Hitler comes to power in Germany

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Oct 1, 1922

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

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May 20, 1927

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

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Mar 4, 1929

Herbert Hoover elected President

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Oct 29, 1929

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

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Jan 1, 1930

Bank failures begin

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Feb 17, 1930

Dust Bowl

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Mar 17, 1930

Empire State Building established

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Jul 7, 1930

Boulder Dam Project begins

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Sep 18, 1931

Japan invades Northern China

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Sep 18, 1931

Japan conquers Manchuria

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May 1, 1932

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

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May 21, 1932

Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic in solo flight

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Dec 19, 1932

Stimson Doctrine

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Feb 27, 1933

Hitler sets up Dachau

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Mar 1, 1933

Civilian Conservatiobn Corps

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Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Feb 12, 1945

FDR elected President

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Mar 12, 1933

First Fireside Chat by FDR

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May 12, 1933

Agriculture Adjustment Act

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Jun 6, 1934

Congress creates the SEC

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Dec 19, 1934

The Johnson Act

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Apr 8, 1935

Works Progress Administration estblished

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Aug 14, 1935

Congress passes the Social Security Act

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Jul 17, 1936

Civil War in Spain

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Aug 9, 1936

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

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May 6, 1937

Hindenburg disaster

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Oct 30, 1938

Orson Welles broadcasts the War of the World

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Nov 9, 1938

Kristallnacht-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

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Aug 23, 1939

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

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Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

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Sep 3, 1939

Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare war

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Sep 27, 1940

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign Tripartite Pact

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Mar 11, 1941

Lend Lease Act

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Jun 22, 1941

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

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Nov 1, 1941

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

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Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Habor- U.S.enters WWII

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Jan 16, 1942

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

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Feb 19, 1942

Japanese Internment Camps begin

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Jun 3, 1942

Battle of Midway

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Feb 18, 1944

Battle of the Bulge

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Jun 6, 1944

D-Day Invasion

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Feb 4, 1945

Yalta Conference

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Feb 19, 1945

Iwo Jima

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Apr 12, 1945

FDR dies

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May 8, 1945

V-E Day and V-J Day

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Aug 6, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Nov 20, 1945

Nuremburg War Trials

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Aug 28, 1946

Seven Year occupation of Japan by U.S.

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First use of electrical chair

The Panama Canal

The Great Migration

Alien Land Law

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinard and his wife Sophie

WWI

Ludlow Massacre

Sinking of the Lusitania

Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Russian Communist Revolution Begins

Passage of Selective Service Act

Espionage and Sediction acts passed by Congress

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Russia withdraws from WWI

Revenue Act

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

National War Labor Board established to regulate production in WWI

Austria-Hungary surrender to Allies

Armistice ends WWI

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

Hitler comes to power in Germany

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

Herbert Hoover elected President

The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

Bank failures begin

Dust Bowl

Empire State Building established

Boulder Dam Project begins

Japan invades Northern China

Japan conquers Manchuria

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic in solo flight

Stimson Doctrine

Hitler sets up Dachau

Civilian Conservatiobn Corps

FDR elected President

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Agriculture Adjustment Act

Congress creates the SEC

The Johnson Act

Works Progress Administration estblished

Congress passes the Social Security Act

Civil War in Spain

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Hindenburg disaster

Orson Welles broadcasts the War of the World

Kristallnacht-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

Germany invades Poland

Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare war

Japan, Germany, and Italy sign Tripartite Pact

Lend Lease Act

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

Japan bombs Pearl Habor- U.S.enters WWII

WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

Japanese Internment Camps begin

Battle of Midway

Battle of the Bulge

D-Day Invasion

Yalta Conference

Iwo Jima

FDR dies

V-E Day and V-J Day

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Nuremburg War Trials

Seven Year occupation of Japan by U.S.