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The U.S. forced Japan to open its markets to foreigners whe Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay in 1853
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In 1919, Hitler joined a small political group that became the national socialist German workers party.
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November 1923, with some 3,000 followers, Hitler tried to overthrow the German goverment.
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By signing the 1928 Kelloog-Briand pacts, Japan condemed war and pledged to solve all disagreements peacefully
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congress passed the Hawley-Smoot tariff to protet american industries from foreign competitors
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Neautrality Acts, banned the US from providing weapons to nations at war.!936, banned loans to such nations, 1937, permittied trade with fighting nations.
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March 1936, the nationalist army finally took the Spanish capital of Madrid and ended the civil war.
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March 7, 1936, German troops entered the Rhineland, a region in Western Germany
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In 1938, the nazis enacted new policies to make life even more difficult for the jewish people.
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April 1940, the phony war came to an end as Hitler began a successful attack on Denmark and Norway
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june 10, the French goverment amandoned Paris.
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June 14, German troops entered Paris, and on June 22 France and its more than 1.5 million soldiers offically surrendered
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Roosevelt began limiting what Japan could buy from the US
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In December 1940, German bombing of London started sime 1,500 fires, setting the center of the historic city ablaze
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President Roosevelt made his concerns and worries clear to the american people in a radio adress in december 1940
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By 1941, Hitler had taken control of huge oilfields in romania
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industries searched for millions of new workers to meet the demands of the lend-lease programs
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In february 1941, Hitler sent general Erwin Rommel and a german division to reinforce the italians.
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Americas first committee campaignes strongly against new types of aid. Congress passes lend-lease act.
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The office of price administration (opa) was established by an executie order.
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The bombing of London, Caused the blitz,would continue off an on until May 1941
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In august 1941, unknown to the rest of the world, two warships quietly lay at anchor off the coast of newfounland.
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In january 1942, the goverment set up the war production board (wpb) to direct the conversion of peacetime industries that produced war goods.
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In the atlantic, they sank nearly 175 ships in june 1942.
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Victory gardens produced about one third of the countrys fresh vegetables.
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May 1943, the president appointed James f Byrens, a long time member of congress and a close presidential advisor, to head the office of war mobilization.
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In july 1943, the u.s seventh army, under general George s. Patton, invaded the large island of sicily with british forces.
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In Febuary 1945, months before the fall of berlin, roosevelt, churchill, and stalin met at yalta.
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By 1955, nearly 33 % of the total labor force in the U.S was unionized
