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Dawes Act
authorized president to survey American Indian tribal land -
Bolshevik Revolution
A revolution in which the Bolsheviks, seized control of the government, ushering in the Soviet age. -
Paris Peace Conference
Was the meeting of the Allied victors, following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers -
Treaty of Versallies signed
One of the peace treaties at the end of WWI -
Benito Mussolini comes to power in Italy
Won 35 seats in the election held at Italy. -
Washington Naval Conference
A military conference that was held in Washington -
Rapallo Treaty
An agreement signed at the Hotel Imperiale -
England refuses to renew its alliance with Japan
It was an end to Britian's splendid isolation -
Beer Hall Putsch
Failed attemt by Adolf Hitler to seize power in Bavaria -
Stalin comes to power in Russia
Became the leader of the Soviet Union -
Mein Kampf Published
An autobiography by Adolf Hitler -
Engima machine used in Britain
mechanical rotor machines used for secret messages -
Stock Market crash
stock prices decrease grealty and people lose a lot of money -
French begin to construct the Maginot Lne
a line of defenses that were used to uphold enemies during the war -
US Nuetrality Acts
Was a response to the growing anger in Asian and Europe -
Japan invades Manchuria
Manchuria was evaded and the Japanese gained a puppet state -
Ukrainian Famine
A manmade famine that killed many citizens in Ukraine -
Hitler made chancellor of Germany
He became the Cancellor of Germany -
Hitler declares himself Vice Chancellor and Fuhrer of Germany
became the Chancellor of Germany. -
First concentration camps established
First Nazi camps opened to house their prisoners -
Stalin begins military purges and The Great Terror
A campaign of political repression by the
Soviet Union -
Night of long Knives
A purge that took place in Germany -
Berlin Olympics
A sportng event that Germany got to host -
Hitler invades the Sudetenland
A country that Hitler invaded -
Hitler invades Austria
Austria combines with Germany -
Hitler conqueres the rest of Czechoslovakia
Once he aquires some land, he barges in and takes the rest of it -
Munich Conference
An agreement that Germany would gain some of Czechoslovakia's land -
Krystallnacht
a series of attacks against jews by the nazis -
Scandinavian Wars
they started to fight with neutral countries -
Einstein writes a letter to FDR on the possibility of Atomic Weapons
A letter the warned the US that Germany might try to bomb them -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler siezes Poland with force -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
They declare war on Germany -
Nazi Soviet Anti -Aggression Pact
A treaty signed by Germany and the Soviet Union -
Nazi Occupation of Norway
The Germans took over Norway after a long war -
Defeat of French Army by Germans
Germans take France and the low countries -
Battle of Britain
A strong force by the air beats the United Kingdom -
Winter War between Finland and Russia
A war broke out between these two countries -
Nimitz and McArthur begin island hopping in the Pacific
Stratigically captured island that would help them beat the Japanese -
Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa
Was code name for Germany invading the Soviet Union -
Nazi Final Solution developed
They disussed "the final solution to the Jewish problem" -
Pearl Harbor
United states join the war after the attack by Japan -
FDR signs Executive Order 9066, beginig Japanese internment
This led to all Japanese Americans to go into war camps for the safety of others -
Battle of Midway
The japanese defeated an attack but caused much damage to their fleet -
Manhattan Project begins
The first atomis bomb was produced -
Desert Campaigns in Africa Begin
Fighting in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts -
D-Day
Landing operations that led to the invasion of Norway -
Operation Market Garden
A military operation fought in the Netherlands and Germany -
Battle of Bulge
An attack by the Germans that took place in the Ardennes region of Wallonia -
US victory at Iwo Jima
A major battle in which the US captured Iwo Jima from the Japanese -
Death of FDR
Died of a Cerebral hemorrhage -
Hitler commits suicide
He killed himslef by gunshot -
Surrender of Germany
The Germans surrender -
First successful test of atomic bomb
The first detonation of a nuclear weapon -
US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Us drops a bomb right in the heart of japan killing many people -
Surrender of Japan
Brought the end of Japans role in WWII -
Winston Churchill Comes to power in England
Becomes the Prime Minister of the UK -
Rape of Nanking
A book wriiten about Nanking Massacre
