Depression

Great Depression

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  • Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

    Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
    Wikipedia assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
  • Period: to

    WWI

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    20th Centry History sinking of the Lusitania

  • passage of the Selective Service Act

    passage of the Selective Service Act

  • War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

    War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI

  • Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

    Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

  • Russian Communist Revolution begins

    Russian Communist Revolution begins

  • Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

    Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

  • Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

    Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

  • Russia withdraws from WWI

    Russia withdraws from WWI

  • National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

    National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

  • Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

    Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

  • Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

    Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

  • Armistice ends World War 1

    Armistice ends World War 1

  • Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1

    Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1

  • Hitler comes to power in Germany

    Hitler comes to power in Germany
    wikipedia Adolf Hitler's rise to power

  • Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

    Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers
  • Period: to

    Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

  • The Stock Market Skyrockets

    The Stock Market Skyrockets

  • Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

    Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

  • Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

    Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

  • Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

    Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

  • Herbert Hoover elected President

    Herbert Hoover elected President
    wikipedia Herbert Hoover

  • Ban on Bank Loans fo Margin Trades

    Ban on Bank Loans fo Margin Trades

  • The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

    The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

  • Boulder Dam Project begins

    Boulder Dam Project begins
    History Hoover Dam

  • Smoot Hawley Tariff

    Smoot Hawley Tariff
    wikipedia Smoot Hawley Tariff Act

  • Bank failures begin

    Bank failures begin

  • 1350 banks suspend operations

    1350 banks suspend operations
  • Period: to

    Dust Bowl

  • Japan invades Northern China

    Japan invades Northern China

  • Major Bank Collapse in New York City

    Major Bank Collapse in New York City

  • Japan conquers Manchuria

    Japan conquers Manchuria

  • Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

    Hoover disbands the Bonus Army
    wikipedia Bonus Army

  • FDR elected President once

    FDR elected President once

  • Radio Priest

    Radio Priest

  • First Fireside Chat by FDR

    First Fireside Chat by FDR
    History FDR broadcasts first fireside chat

  • Hitler sets up Dachau

    Hitler sets up Dachau
    wikipedia Dachau concentration camp

  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps

  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act

  • Congress creates the SEC

    Congress creates the SEC
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Longshoremen Strike

    Longshoremen Strike

  • Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

    Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

  • Works Progress Administration established

    Works Progress Administration established
    History WPA established by Congress

  • Congress passes the Social Security Act

    Congress passes the Social Security Act
    wikipedia Social Security

  • Huey Long Assassination

    Huey Long Assassination
  • Period: to

    Civil War in Spain

  • FDR elected President two times

    FDR elected President two times

  • Hindenburg disaster

    Hindenburg disaster
    wikipedia Hindenburg disaster

  • Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

    Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

  • Kristallnacht -Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

    Kristallnacht -Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

  • Nazi Ralley in New York City

    Nazi Ralley in New York City

  • Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

    Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
    Wikipedia Invasion of Poland
  • Period: to

    WWII

  • Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War

    Germany invades Poland Britain and France Declare War

  • Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

    Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
    History The Tripartite Pact is signed by Japan, Germany, and Italy

  • FDR elected President three times

    FDR elected President three times

  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
    wikipedia Lend-Lease

  • Hitler invades the Soviet Union

    Hitler invades the Soviet Union
    Holocaust Encyclopedia Invasion of the Soviet Union

  • Mobilization Lifts Economy

    Mobilization Lifts Economy

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
    Wikipedia attack on Pearl Harbor

  • Japanese Internment Camps Begin

    Japanese Internment Camps Begin
    wikipedia Internent of Japanese Americans

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    wikipedia Battle of Midway

  • German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

    German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

  • D-Day Invasion

    D-Day Invasion
    U.S. Army D-Day

  • FDR elected President four times

    FDR elected President four times
  • Period: to

    Battle of the Bulge

  • Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

    Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

  • WW2 War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

    WW2 War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    wikipedia Yalta Conference

  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    wikipedia Battle of Iwo Jima

  • V-E Day and V-J Day

    V-E Day and V-J Day

  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    History Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • Nuremberg War Trials

    Nuremberg War Trials
    History Nuremberg Trials