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Prosperity, Depression, and World War II

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    Prosperity to WWII

  • Warren Gamaliel Harding becomes president

    Warren Gamaliel Harding becomes president
  • Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

    Adolph Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party
  • Fascist leader Benito Mussolini is appointed the Premier of Italy

    Fascist leader Benito Mussolini is appointed the Premier of Italy
  • Calvin Coolidge becomes president

    Calvin Coolidge becomes president
  • Charles Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic flight

    Charles Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic flight
  • Herbert Hoover becomes president

    Herbert Hoover becomes president
  • Great Depression begins

    Great Depression begins
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes president

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes president
  • Japan and Germany withdraw from League of Nations

    Japan and Germany withdraw from League of Nations
  • Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act

    Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
  • Dust Bowl begins

    Dust Bowl begins
  • Social Security Act

    Social Security Act
  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
  • U.S. enters World War II

    U.S. enters World War II
  • D-Day

    D-Day
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
  • Harry S. Truman becomes president

    Harry S. Truman becomes president
  • U.S. takes Okinawa

    U.S. takes Okinawa
  • Germany surrenders from WWII

    Germany surrenders from WWII
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Japan Surrenders, ending WWII

    Japan Surrenders, ending WWII
  • U.S. joins the United Nations

    U.S. joins the United Nations