-
Period: to
Great Depression
-
Crash on Wall Street
In the US Stock Market, there was a collapse due to panic in selling stocks and shares -
The Smoot-Hawley Act
To protect US farmers and industries, the act raises import duties -
FDR becomes President
Elected to be the 32nd President of the United States. Won by a landslide in both electoral and popular votes -
Revenue Act of 1932
Increased the tax rates to balance the federal budget -
Economy Act of 1933
An act to balance the federal budget. It cut the salaries of gov't employees and lowered the payments to veterans -
21st Amendment
Ended the prohibition of alcohol -
Social Security Act
Created social insurance program that payed retired workers (65 and older) -
Neutrality Act
Prohibits arms, ammunation, or any other weapons that can be used for war -
Roosevelt gets re-elected
Was against Alfred M. Landon, won by a landslide. -
Neutrality Act of 1939
Ends the "cash and carry" -
Invasion of Poland
An attack to Poland by Nazi Germany, Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union. Starts the WW2 -
Operation Barbarossa
Invasion on Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and Axis Allies -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack by Japanese air force on US naval base. Many Americans died. -
US enters WW2
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, The US decides to join the War against Japan -
Period: to
World War II
-
Japanese Internment Camps
Camps were formed for Japanese Americans as the US viewed them as spies -
Zoot Suit Riots
Riots involving Latin & Mexican Americans that were fueled by white supremacy -
D-Day
Western allies were unable to get high numbers of men and materials to create an attack on Europe -
GI Bill of Rights
Gave benefits for the WW2 veterans -
Battle of the Bulge
LAst major German attack. German attacked weaker area of allied forces, but the Germans were unsuccessful to break through. -
Yalta Conference
Split Germany and Berlin into four zones that will be controlled by US, GB, France and SU -
Death of President Roosevelt
After winning his fourth term, FDR died a couple months after -
Hitler commits suicide
-
Germany Surrenders
Hitler reign ends, America discover the concentration camps, WW2 ends in Europe -
Truman, Attlee & Stalin meet in Germany
All three agreed on unconditional surrender of Japan and criminal prosecution of Nazi leaders (Nuremburg) -
Hiroshima
The first atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima; Japanese did not surrender -
Japanese Surrender
Japan surrenders after the second atomic bomb was dropped