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Crash;economic
This is considered Black Tuesday.This is the day that the stocke markets crashed and is the start of the Great Depression. -
New President; Cultural
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president. People did not believe that Hoover could end the Great Depression. Many believed that Roosevelt would end the Graet Depression. -
New Deal;Econimic
President Roosevelt creates the New Deal to help people get jobs. The Social Security Act was passed in 1935 which provided money once a moth to senior citizens -
Rape of Nanjing; Cultural
This was a six week event that occurs in Manchuria. Japanese soliders came into Manchuria and raped about 20-80 thousand women, kids ,eldery, and men. -
Mass deaths;Cultural
An estimated amount of 200-300 thousand people died. An episode of mass murder and rape was committed to the people of Nanjing. -
Never Happened;political
Japanese officals destroyed the files of the Rape of Nanjing. They did not want to take responsibility for what happened to the Chinease people. -
Pearl Harbor; Military
Japan came and attacked Pearl Harbor. Japan did this because they wanted the U.S to accept the japanese domination of the Pacific. -
End of Depression; Cultural
The Great Depression Ends because America joined World War II. America declared war on Japan for the bombing of Pearl Harbor. -
Work Camps;Cultural
American put the Japanese-American is work camps. This was becasue they thought that some of the japanese-americans were spies. -
North Africa; Military
British and American forces invaded French North Africa. They forced the German and Italian troops to surrender. -
Stalingrad;Econimic
Major industrial center. Between November 1942 and Febuary 1943 German troopswere stopped, then was forced to surrender on Febuary 2 1943. -
Tichran ; Social
Met to decided the future of the war. They agreed to take partition of post war Germany until denazification could take place. -
D-Day;Military
This is the largest sea and land attack ever. This took place on the coast of Normady,France. -
IwoJima;Military
The U.S takes IwoJima in1945. The Japanese also surrender to the U.S -
Yalta;Social
Defet of Germany was foregone conclusion Roosevelt pledge to assist liberated Europe in the Creation of democratic government. Roosevelt saught military support against Japan. -
Potsdam; Social
Roosevelt died April 12 and was succed by Harry S. Truman. Truman demanded free elections in Europe. -
Little Boy; Diplomatic
The United States dropped its first atomic bomb. The radation of the bomb caused Cancer and birth defects of babies. -
End of War;Cultural
This is the end of World War II. America dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki and the Japanese formally surrender ending Worl War II. -
Iron Curtian Speech; Cultural
Winchton Churchill gave a speech in Fulton Missouri called the Iron Curtian. He said that he declares that the Iron Curtian has divided the countries. -
Nuremnerg Trials; Econimic
Dring 1945 and 1946 international military tribunals tried former Nazi war criminals. Hitler and other top officals committed sucide.