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German Workers' Party
A political party created to pull workers away from communism -
Emergency Quota Act
this act was intended to temporarily limit the number of immigrants in the face of the large number of Jews fleeing from persecution overseas. -
Joseph Stalin
He was appointed to be the General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party. -
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th U.S. President after death of president Harding -
Immigration Act of 1924
The act limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the United States -
Revenue Act
This act cut federal tax rates and established the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals -
Dawes Plan
A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing. -
The Scopes Trial
The Scopes Trial, was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, which a recent bill had made illegal -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Sponsored by the US. Signatories promised not to use war to resolve conflicts or disputes -
Herbert Hoover
Hoover became the 31st president of the United States -
Stock Market Crash
This four day stock market crash contributed to the Great Depression dropping an estimate of 25% -
Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
Declared US policy of non-recognition of international territorial changes that were executed by force -
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president of the United States. -
End of Prohibition
Ending this allowed alcohol to be made and manufactured to be sold in the United States -
Fuhrer Hitler
Hitler now has full control over Germany. -
Franklin D Roosevelt
Elected for his 2nd term as president of the United States -
WWII Begins
The second World War begins after Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
Franklin D Roosevelt
FDR starts his third term as president of the United States -
Hitler Takes France
Germany advances through Europe and takes France through a massive siege and several battles -
Battle of Britain
This was a air battle between Germany and Britain -
Russia enters the war
when Axis forces crossed the borders described in the German–Soviet Nonaggression Pact, thereby invading the Soviet Union Russia joined the war -
Pearl Harbor
183 aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii -
United States enters WW2
After the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, America said I have had enough! Joining WW2 -
Franklin D Roosevelt death
89 days after being elected for his 4th term as president, FDR dies