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Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was signed. a peace treaty stating tat germany caused the war and now had to pay for the damages -
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Road to World War 2
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Kellog
the kellog braind pact outlawed war in america -
GD
this time marked the begining of the downward sprial of the great depression -
Manchuria
Japan takes over manchuria, on the terms that japanese railways had been bombed by the people of manchuria -
Roosevelt elected
Roosevelt was elected president for his 1st term in 1932. -
Stimpson Doctrine
united sates had to ignore land gained from warfare -
NYE committee
A group that tries to figure out how we got involved in WWI so America can take the right precautions, and not get involved in WWII. -
Mussolini attacks
mussolini - an italian fascist leader orders his italian forces to take over ethiopia -
Neutrality act 1935
united states could not ship goods to countries involved in the war -
Nuremburg Race laws
the nuremburg race laws stripped german jews of their rights as citizens. this law also outlawed any realtionship between the jews and the aryan race. -
Neutrality 1936
neutrality act 1936 - united states may not loan out money to any countries involved in war. -
Spanish civil war
political powers wanted power no matter where it came from, this created a very intense atmosphere, for riots and public wide strikes. -
Hitler violates
hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by reoccupying the unarmed area in the Rhineland. -
Cash and Carry
this allowed americans to to sell goods to nations at war but only if, they transported their own goods to and from the untied staes, and if they payed in cash, still no allowance of loans -
Panay incident
Japan attacks U.S. ships
sinking 1 U.S. and 3 U.S. oil tankers -
Austria
Hitler announced Germany's 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria. he walked in and was applauded -
Chamberlain
neville chamberlain the british prime minister, appeases with hitler at the munich conference -
Sudetenland
The germany army occupies sudetenland, The Czech Government resigns. -
kristallnact
Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass. A massive, coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich. -
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco took over spain -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
the Nazis and the Soviet sign a Non-aggression Pact. this pact stated the 2 countries would not attack each other, not lend a helping hand to any 3rd power countries etc. this ensured germany they would not have to fight on 2 fronts. -
Poland
the nazi's invade poland by way of blitzkrieg -
Declaration
Briatin and France declare war on germany. -
Neutrality 1939
the neutrality act of 1939 allowed americans to help supply democracys with weapons, but only under cash and carry circumstances, our first step away from neutrality -
evacuation
Briatin and france evacuate from dunkirk, accross the english channel, back to the main land -
France falls
german army successfully takes takes paris. french government stands down. -
Destroyers ?
america agreed to make a deal with the british. we agreed to exchange destroyers to aid in war, if they would give us bases in the english empire -
Lend-Lease Act
this gave the president the power to aid any country he felt would be necessary to the protection of america. -
Pearl Harbor
the japanese bombed pearl harbor >:[
