United States History II

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assasinated

Jun 1, 1914

Austrian heir assasinated by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Germany Teams Up With Austria-Hungary

Aug 1, 1914

Germany supports Austria-Hungary, declared war on Russia.

Belgium Invaded

Aug 3, 1914

Germany uses the Schlieffen Plan to invade Belguim.

Halted In France

Sep 15, 1914

Allies of Belguim halt Germany at the Maine River in France.

British Liner Sunk

May 7, 1915

Germany sinks Lusitania with a U-boat.

America Outraged

May 7, 1915

Americans were outraged by the Germans. They lost 128 Americans.

Declaration of War Against Germany

Apr 1, 1916

At 1 O'clock in the morning, the United States House of Representatives were debating on President Wilson's request for war against Germany.

Battle of The Somme

Jul 1, 1916

On first day, the British suffered 60,000 casualties

Congress Passes Act

May 18, 1917

Congress passes the Selective Service Act.

The AEF Evolves

Nov 11, 1917

The American Expeditionary Force, that was led by General John J. Pershing,evolves into a combat - tested army.

Russia Quits

Dec 15, 1917

Russia pulls out of war and the Germans shift from the eastern front to the western front of France.

The Royal Air Force

Apr 1, 1918

The British formed a bomber force of 22,000 planes to attack German weapon factories.

25 Killed 132 Captured

Oct 8, 1918

Alvin York killed 25 and captured 132 Germans.

Allies Win

Nov 3, 1918

Austria - Hungary surrendered to the Allies.

Sailors Mutiny

Nov 3, 1918

German sailors mutinied agaisnt government authority.

Repbulic Established

Nov 9, 1918

Solcialist leaders in the capital of Berlin established a German republic.

The Armistice

Nov 11, 1918

Germany agreed to end the war and signed the armisitce.

Registered Under The Act

Nov 23, 1918

24 million men registered under the act and almost 3 million were called up.

Prohibition In Effect

Jan 17, 1920

Eighteenth Amendment that was put into effect to make the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol illegal.

Harding's Confrence

Aug 22, 1921

President Warren G.Harding invited several of the major powers to Washington Naval Confrence after World War I.

Birth Control Rights

Oct 19, 1921

Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League (Planned Parenthood Federation of America) and fought for rights of physicians to give information to patients on birth control.

Tariff Trouble

Sep 12, 1922

Fordney - McCumber Tariff was adopted by America. It raised taxes on U.S. imports 60%.

Crime of Evolution

Mar 12, 1925

Tennesse made first law making it illegal to teach evolution.

Alain Locke's "The New Negro"

Mar 21, 1925

Landmark collection of stories by many young African - American writers.

Scopes & Darrow Vs. Bryan

Jul 10, 1925

The Scopes trial started to defend the teachings of evolution. Clarence Darrow was hired to defend John T. Scopes. William Jennings Bryan was against evolution.

Ford's Airplane

Jun 11, 1926

Henry Ford makes trimotor airplane.

Pan American Airways

Mar 14, 1927

Inaugurated the first transatlantic pansenger flights.

The Vega First To Fly

Jul 4, 1927

Was a single - engine plane and produced by the Lockheed Company. First that flew was the "Golden Eagle".

Movie With Sound

Oct 6, 1927

"The Jazz Singer" was the first major movie with sound

Opening of The Holland Tunnel

Nov 13, 1927

First underwater tunnel designed for mother vehicles. It was to connect New York, Jersey, and New Jersey.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Aug 27, 1928

Fifteen countries signed it. Renounced war as national policy. Did not provide means of enforcement.

Steamboat Willie

Nov 18, 1928

Was Walt Disney's first animated film with sound.

Woodbridge Cloverleaf

Aug 24, 1929

First cloverleaf intersection in New Jersey.

Tariff Trouble

Jun 17, 1930

Congress passes Hawley - Smoot Tarrif and made unemployment worse in industries no longer exporting goods to Europe. It was designed to protect American farmers and companies from foreign comepetition.

Ambitious Economic Measure

Jan 22, 1932

Congress approves Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corporation. RFC authorized $2 billion for emergency financing for banks, life insurance companies, railroads, other large businesses.

Hoover Takes Action

Jul 22, 1932

President Hoover signs the Federal Home Loan Bank Act . This lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance and avoid foreclosure.

Army Marches

Jul 28, 1932

World War I veterans and their familes marched in Washingto, D.C. demanding for bonus payments for their service. Originally called the Bonus Expeditionary Force; now known as the Bonus Army.

Hundred Days

Mar 9, 1933

Congress passes more than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation. Expanded federal government's role in nation's economy

Work Opportunities For Young Men

Mar 31, 1933

The Civilian Conservation Corps provided work for young men from the ages 18 to 25. Work in building roads, developing parks, planting trees, helping in soil - erosion and flood - control projects.

Home Owners' Savior

Jun 13, 1933

Home Owners Loan Corporation provides government loans to homeowners who are threatened by foreclosure.

NIRA Enacted

Jun 16, 1933

Congress enacts the National Industrial Recovery Act. This provideds money to states to create jobs in construction of schools and other community buidlings.

FDIC

Jun 16, 1933

President Roosevelt establishes The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. This provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts of up to $5,000.

Congress's Step

Jun 22, 1933

Congress passes the Glass - Steagall Act. This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Election Victory

Nov 8, 1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes president.

SEC

Jun 6, 1934

Securities and Exchange Commission was created by Congress to regulate the stock market. One goal was to prevent people with inside information about companies from ruining the stock market for their own gain.

Indian Reorganization Act

Sep 4, 1934

Also known as the "Wheeler -Howard Act" or "Indian New Deal". Helped restore reservation tribal lands for Native Americans. Commissioner of Indian affairs, John Collier, hleped create this Act.

Dust Bowl

Nov 11, 1934

Dust storm caused by drought and over plowed topsoil, 500,000 Americans left homeless, over 350 houses had to be torn down. Occurred in Kansas, Oklahoma,Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado

NYA

Jun 26, 1935

Nationall Youth Administration provided education, jobs, counseling and student aid to high school, collge, and graduate students

African Americans Speak

Jul 11, 1935

African Americans decided that they needed to fight for and improve their living conditions that they believed the New Deal ignored. The Southern Tenant Farmers Union was organzed to protect the rights of tenant farmers and sharcroppers, both races.

Hitler Vs. Denmark and Norway

Apr 9, 1940

Hitler launches surprise invasion on both Denmark and Norway. He said that it was "to protect freedom and independence." He actually did it to to build bases along the coasts to attack Great Britian. Denmark then surrenders.

The Battle Begins

Jul 10, 1940

The Battle of Britian begins and Germany bombs Britian with Luftwaffe tactics for one year. London Blitz was 40 days of nonstop bombing against London.

Lend - Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

Is passed by Congress and gives President Franklin Roosevelt the right to sell, transfer, and lease war goods to Allied Powers. This ends America's Neutraility.

US Devistation

Dec 7, 1941

Japan bombed the largest US naval base known as Pearl Harbor and killing an overal amount of 2,350 people

"A Date Which Will Live In Infamy"

Dec 8, 1941

President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes a speech to Congress to request their support in declaring war against Japan. It ends up moving 99% people to want to fight Japan.

Roosevelt Takes Action!

Jan 12, 1942

President Franklin D. Roosevelt creats the War Production Board to coordinate momilzation.

Atomic Bomb Under Way

Jun 18, 1942

The United States Army Corps of Engineers partake in the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb.

"Final Solution"

Jul 22, 1942

Hitler's Nazis develop a method for exterminationg Jews at concentration camps

Offensive Germans in South Soviet Union

Aug 5, 1942

Hitler wanted Soviet oil fields and wipe out Stalingrad. Luftwaffe was used bombing over the Volga and Stalingrad.

Allies vs Afrika Korps

Nov 9, 1942

107,000 troops landed in Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers in North Africa; chased the Afrika Korps.

Soviet Victory

Jan 31, 1943

More than 230,000 German soldiers died in the Battle of Stalingrad. Hitler and his German troops surrender

Victory

May 18, 1943

After months the of nonstop fighting, Afrika Korps surrender.

Italian Dictator Falls

Jul 25, 1943

Sicily is captured and King Victor Emmanuel III summoned Mussolini, stripped him of his power, and had him arrested.

Allies Stopped In Italy?

May 24, 1944

Germay tried to stop the Allied Powers less than 40 miles away from Rome. The battle "Bloody Anzio" lasted four months. 25,000 Allied, 30,000 Axis casualties

Allied Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

Operation Overlord; "D-Day"; Dwight D Eisenhower launched operation to fight Nazi Germany in Normandy, France. The beaches that they used were Utah, Omaha, Gold, and Sword.

Freedom

Sep 1, 1944

Allied Powers freed France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Tragedy

Apr 12, 1945

President Roosevelt dies having a stroke and Vice President Harry S. Truman became President.

V-E Day

May 8, 1945

Allies celebrated the end of the war with Europe.

Cambodia Invasion

Apr 30, 1970

President Richard Nixon announced on television that American forces invaeded Cambodia.

Students' Protest Begisns

May 1, 1970

The Protests at Kent State University started.

Abandoned Building Set Aflame

May 2, 1970

The Revise Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) school was set on fire by student protestors.

Kent State Tragedy

May 4, 1970

National Guard opened fire on the Kent State Campus killing four and wounding nine student protestors.

Hotel Break In

Jun 17, 1972

The Watergate Scandal began with the break in of this hotel. During the Preidental Campaign, documents were stolen and the room was illegally wiretapped.

Watergate Scandal Punishment

Aug 8, 1974

Nixon was exposed as to being involed with the Watergate break in and ended up resigning.

Year Zero

Apr 17, 1975

Cambodia was invaded by the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot became a Communist Dictator.

Terror In Cambodia

May 30, 1975

After Pol Pot became the dictator of Cambodia, Cambodian Genocide began to take place.