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Red Scare 1919-1920
Hostility against communists and suspected communists reached fever-pitch -
The League of Nations meets fot the first time
America is not represented -
Woodrow Wilson tries to get the people and congress to accept his ideas
Woodrow Wilson travels the country to get the people – and Congress – to accept the Treaty and League -
Treaty of Versailles is rejected by the senate
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President Wilson suffers a stroke
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Women given the vote
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Warren G Harding becomes the 29th president
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Harding signs a peace declaration with Austria and Germany
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Harding is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge
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President Harding suddenly dies
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Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st president
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The stock market crashes causing the Great Depression
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This was the worst year of the depression
Almost 25% of people were unemployed -
Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president
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New Deal recovery measures are enacted by Congress
'Term for the domestic reform program of the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt' -
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World War II
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US declares neutrality in WWII
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US declares war on Japan
As Japan attacks Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines on December 7th 1941 -
Allies invade France on D-Day
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Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet to discuss postwar occupation of Germany
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President Roosevelt dies of a stroke
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Roosevelt is succeeded by Harry Truman
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German surrenders unconditionally
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Truman, Churchill & Stalin meet to discuss plans for postwar Europe
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Japan agrees to unconditional surrender
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United Nations established
