WWI-Great Depression-WWII By jgmejia Jul 29, 1883 Benito Mussolini apponted Prime Minister of Italy Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 WWI May 7, 1915 Sinking of Lusitania Dec 1, 1915 Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American Workers Dec 12, 1915 First all metal aircraft Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau, Germany Apr 1, 1917 Passage of the Selective Service Act Jun 15, 1917 Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress Aug 10, 1917 Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover Oct 1, 1917 Russia Withdraws from WWI Oct 1, 1917 Russian Communist Revolution Begins Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920 Worldwide Flu Epidemic Kills 30 Million Jan 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan Apr 8, 1918 National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson Jul 28, 1918 War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI Nov 11, 1918 *Armistice ends WWI Dec 4, 1918 Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies Jun 28, 1919 *Signing of the Treaty of Versalles establishing the peace at the end of WWI Jan 1, 1920 Bank Failures Begin Nov 8, 1926 Herbert Hoover electected president Aug 31, 1927 Charles Lendbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight Dec 25, 1928 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan Jan 1, 1929 Congress creates the SEC Mar 6, 1929 Boulder Dam project begins Oct 29, 1929 *The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday" Sep 18, 1931 Japan conquers Manchuria May 21, 1932 Amelia Earjart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight Jul 28, 1932 Hoover disbands the Bonus Army Jan 30, 1933 Hitler comes to power in Germany Mar 12, 1933 First Fireside Chat by FDR Mar 22, 1933 Hitler sets up Dachau Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps May 1, 1933 Agriculture Adjustment Act Nov 1, 1933 FDR Elected President first time Period: Nov 11, 1933 to Apr 14, 1935 Dust Bowl Apr 8, 1935 Work Progress Administration established Aug 14, 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Jan 1, 1939 Civil War in Spain Aug 25, 1936 Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany May 6, 1937 Hindenburg Disaster Jul 7, 1937 Japan invades Northern China Nov 1, 1937 FDR elected President second time Oct 30, 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds Nov 10, 1938 *Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods Jan 1, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland- Britain and France Declare War Sep 28, 1940 Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact Dec 18, 1940 Hitler invades the Soviet Union Jan 10, 1941 Lend Lease Act Mar 3, 1941 German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa Nov 1, 1941 FDR elected President third time Dec 7, 1941 *Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WWII. Jan 16, 1942 WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt Mar 1, 1942 Japnese Internment Camps begin Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Jun 6, 1944 *D-Day Invasion Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Jan 1, 1945 Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States Feb 4, 1945 *Yalta Confrence Feb 19, 1945 Iwo Jima May 8, 1945 V-E Day Aug 14, 1945 V-J Day Nov 1, 1945 FDR elected President fourth time Jul 1, 1946 U.S. drops atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll (4th atomic explosion Dec 9, 1946 Nuremburg War Trials
