Depression and WWII

  • Black Tuesday of 1929

    Black Tuesday of 1929
    The stock market crashed, creating debt and people losing jobs and etc.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to first presidential term

    This was his first term served.
    He beat Herbert C. Hoover
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    Roosevelt’s Hundred Days

    This is what he did during his first 100 days of presidency
  • Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor

    This day Adolf hitler was named the German Chancellor by President Paul Von Hindenburg
  • Roosevelt’s Bank Holiday

    A bunch of banks were shut down becuase they using a bank was a very risky idea. Roosevelt placed a "Holiday" on the banks where there were no transactions, in or out of the banks.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority founded

    The congress pressed the TVA act, which helped pushed successful intergrated work places.
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    The Dust Bowl

    Most of the land was un able to be used for farmers. They had to move to california to be able to farm.
  • Works Progress Administration created

    This was created to help create jobs for unemployed citizens
  • Social Security Act passed

    The Economic security bill was renamed to the Social security act on March 1 1935.
  • FDR elected to second presidential term

    He again gets elected for his second term as he run against Alfred M. Landon
  • Adolf Hitler invades Poland

    Hitler, using around 2000 tanks and 1000 airplanes blew past the polish defences taking poland for himself and the german culture
  • FDR elected to third presidential term

    In his third running, He outran Wendell Wilkie in 1940 for his 3rd term.
  • The London Blitz

    This was hitler's attempt to over run London
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    On this sad day for the Navy, The japanese soldiers over took pearl harbor taking out many soldiers of the US and of their own.
  • Executive Order 9066

    This gave the military the power to ban anyone from a 50 - 60 mile radius edge from washinton throught tohe top of california
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    Battle of Midway Island

    This was the last attack the japanese had before america kicked butt and chewed gum and bacon.
  • FDR elected to fourth presidential term

    FDR the only US president to hold a 3rd term, to get elected during war time, and he out ran Harry Truman.
  • D-DAY

    This was a forever remembered battle. This is the day that US troops were dropped on the beach with the germans and the british forces.
  • Auschwitz liberated by Allied Forces

    Survivors of the forced marches, were placed in camps that were forced hard labor and execution if they didn't work. The Allied forces passed 10,000's of prisoners .
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Hitler tried splitting between Ardennes to Antwerp. He caught american troops off-guard so they fought right there,
  • FDR dies

    He died.
  • V-E Day

    Victory in Europe day
    After hitler commits suicide the german forces finally surrender and fall back. GIving the countries back to the rightful owners.
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    President Harry Trumann, was warned by one of his advisors that if they attempt to invade japan, there will be heavy american casulties.
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    When american forces dropped both bombs finally resulted in japanese surrender.
  • V-J Day

    VIctory over Japan Day
    Japan finally announced they're surrendering but on september 2, 1945 they formally signed a surrender on the U.S.S Missouri