Great Depression/World War II Events

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt elected first presidential term

    Franklin D. Roosevelt elected first presidential term
    He tried to end the great depression.
  • Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor
    He made a curel turning point for Germany and more likely the world.
  • Roosevelt’s Bank Holiday

    Roosevelt’s Bank Holiday
    He ordered the suspension of all of the banking transactions be effective immediately
  • Roosevelt’s Hundred Days

    Roosevelt’s Hundred Days
    Tried putting an end to the great depression.
  • Tennessee Valley Authority founded

    Tennessee Valley Authority founded
    It was established by the Congress
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    Dust Bowl

    It had a little rainfall, ligh soil, and some high winds and that isn't a very good combination.
  • Works Progress Administration created

    Works Progress Administration created
    It was established under the Emergency Relief Appropriation
  • Social Security Act passed

    Social Security Act passed
    During Roosevelt’s first term it was passed by Congress as part as his New Deal .
  • FDR elected to second presidential term

    FDR elected to second presidential term
  • Adolf Hitler invades Poland

    Adolf Hitler invades Poland
    This was one of his first major foreign policy after getting the power.
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    The London Blitz

    Bombing started in September.
  • FDR elected to third presidential term

    FDR elected to third presidential term
    With a promise of maintaining Americans neutrality
  • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
    Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base. The bombing went on for 2 hours.
  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066
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    Battle of Midway Island

    Battle mostly fought with aircrafts
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Supporting invasion of Normandy France
  • FDR elected to fourth presidential term

    FDR elected to fourth presidential term
    The only president to serve more then two terms
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    Battle of the Bulge

  • Auschwitz liberated by Allied Forces

    Auschwitz liberated by Allied Forces
  • FDR dies

    FDR dies
    Had a sharp pain in the back of his head and then he collapsed.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day
    After the war in Europe
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
    First atomic bomb dropped
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
  • V-J Day

    V-J Day
    Victory over Japan