Modern U.S. History

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  • Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

    Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers
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    Russia withdraws from WWI

  • Assisination Of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

    Assisination Of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
    Occurred in Sarajevo, they were shot dead by Gavrilo Princip.
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    WW1

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  • 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
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    Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 Million

  • Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

    Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

  • National war labor board established by Woodrow Wilson

    National war labor board established by Woodrow Wilson

  • Espionage and Sedition acts passes by Congress

    Espionage and Sedition acts passes by Congress

  • Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

    Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

  • Armistice ends World War 1

    Armistice ends World War 1

  • Singing of the Treaty fo Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

    Singing of the Treaty fo Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI
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    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

  • Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

    Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

  • Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

    Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

  • Herbert Hoover elected president

    Herbert Hoover elected president

  • *The stock market crashes "Black Tuesday"

    *The stock market crashes "Black Tuesday"

  • Bank Failures begin

    Bank Failures begin
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    Dust Bowl

  • Boulder Dam Project Begins

    Boulder Dam Project Begins

  • Japan invades Northern China

    Japan invades Northern China

  • Japan conquers Manchuria

    Japan conquers Manchuria

  • Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army

    Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army

  • Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in solo flight

    Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in solo flight
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    FDR Elected President

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    Civilian Conservation Corps

  • Hitler Comes to Power in Germany

    Hitler Comes to Power in Germany

  • First Fireside Chat by FDR

    First Fireside Chat by FDR

  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act

  • Passage of prohibition and end of prohibition

    Passage of prohibition and end of prohibition

  • Congress Creates the SEC

    Congress Creates the SEC

  • Works Progress Administration established

    Works Progress Administration established

  • Congress passed the social security act

    Congress passed the social security act
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    Civil War in Spain

  • Jesse Owens wins four gold metals at Olympics in Germany

    Jesse Owens wins four gold metals at Olympics in Germany

  • Hindenburg Disaster

    Hindenburg Disaster

  • Orson Welles broadcast the WAR of the Worlds

    Orson Welles broadcast the WAR of the Worlds

  • Night of the Falling glass

  • Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

    Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

  • German Invades Poland

    German Invades Poland

  • Germany Attacks Poland, Britain and France declare war

    Germany Attacks Poland, Britain and France declare war

  • German general Rommel surrenders in North Africa

    German general Rommel surrenders in North Africa

  • Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

    Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act

  • Hitler invades soviet union

    Hitler invades soviet union

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

  • WWI war production board created by Roosevelt

    WWI war production board created by Roosevelt

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway

  • Japanese internment camps begin

    Japanese internment camps begin

  • D-Day Invasion

    D-Day Invasion

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
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    Seven year occupation of Japan by United States

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference

  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima

  • Hitler sets up Dachau

    Hitler sets up Dachau

  • V-E Day and V-J Day

    V-E Day and V-J Day

  • Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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    Nuremburg War Trials

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    Korean War

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    Vietnam War

  • 22nd Ammendment

    22nd Ammendment

  • Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth

    Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth

  • Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president

    Dwight Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president

  • Explorer I, first American satellite, is launched

    Explorer I, first American satellite, is launched

  • Alaska becomes the 49th state

    Alaska becomes the 49th state

  • Hawaii becomes the 50th State

    Hawaii becomes the 50th State

  • Lt. Col. John Glenn becomes first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth

    Lt. Col. John Glenn becomes first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth

  • Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech

    Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech