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Treaty of Versailles
ended WW1 called for the league of nations -
Pure Food and Drug Act
meat inspections started, set food quality standards -
16th And 17th Amendment
16th-established income tax 17th- direct election of senator's -
WWI begins is Europe
One of the bloodiest wars began that day -
18th and 19th Amendment
18th- outlawed the purchase, sale, and transportation of alcohol
19th- woman's suffrage -
Scopes Monkey Trial
popularizes debate over teaching evolution in schools - outlawed -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected President
Creation of countless jobs, most productive of any president in the first 100 days -
Axis Vs Allied Powers
Axis- Germany, Italy, japan;
Allied- Britain, France, China, US, USSR -
Japan bombs Peral Harbor
U.S. enters the war -
Manhattan Project
creation of the atomic bomb -
Battle of Midway
U.S. defeat japan, seen as a turning point in the war in the pacific -
allies invade Normandy, France on D-day
largest land/sea invasion -
Battle of the Bulge
begins to break down Axis position on the western front -
Allies liberate Nazi concentration camps
in Easter Europe the allied forces broke through