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The Triple Aliiance
Otto Van Bismarck forms the Dual Alliance between GErmany and Austria--Hungary. Italy joins this alliance in 1881, forming the Triple Alliance. -
The Triple Entente
Russia forms a military alliance with France in 1892 and 1894. England, alarmed by Germany's naval fleet, joins the alliance forming the Triple Entente in 1907. -
Assassination of an Heir
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot and killed by 19 year-old Gavrilo Princip while visiting Saravejo, Bosnia. Princip was a member of the Serbian terrorist group Black Hand. -
Declaration of War
Austria, after rejecting Serbia's offer of appeasement, declares war on Serbia. Russia begins to mobilize it's army. -
Germany v. Russia
Germany declares war on Russia and implements the Schlieffen Plan. -
Britain Enters the War
Germany invades Belgium on their way to France, prompting Great Britain to join the war. -
The U.S Enters the War
The United States declares war on Germany due to unrestricted submarine warfare, the Zimmerman Telegram, and the Russian Revolution. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia signs a separate peace treaty with Germany -
Treaty of Versailles
Fearing an Aliied invasion of Germany, an armistice is signed, ending hostilities. -
Affects of War
The U.S retreats into Isolationism. Germany's economy is in ruins. Their military is halved, and they must pay steep war reperations. -
The Roaring Twenties
America was overdependent on production. Theree was a great divide between the rich and the poor. -
Economic Despair
After WWI, most of Europe fell into economic decline. -
Black Tuesday
The Stock Market crashes. -
Withdrawal
Once the stock market crashed, millions of Americans began to withdraw their money.They put thousands of banks in peril. -
Foreign Defense
Congress passes the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, steeply raising import duties in an attempt to protect American manufactures from foreign competition. -
Joblessness
The Committee for Unemployment Relief releases a report on unemployment showing that 4 to 5 million Americans are out of work. -
No Money, Mo' Problems
2,293 banks have closed. -
The Rise of Hitler
Adolf Hitler named Chancellor of Germany -
F.D.R
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated into office as 32nd President of the United States. He immediately begins reforms to end the Great Depression. -
Great Depression Effects
Strict trading and banking regulations were put in place. THe government had an increased role in people's lives. The population shifted from rural areas to urban cities and towns. -
Munich Pact
British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Édouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler -
The Manhattan Project
Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program. -
France Falls
France signs an armistice with Germany, agreeing to German occupation. -
Invasion of the Soviet Union
Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa, a 2000-mile invasion of the Soviet Union -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
U.S v Japan
December 8th: U.S. declares war on Japan -
WAR!
December 11th: Germany and Italy declare war on U.S -
D-Day
Allied forces launch an invasion of Normandy. -
FDR to Truman
FDR dies. VP Harry Truman takes office. -
V-E Day
Germany surrenders unconditionally -
Atomic Power
The Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb onn Hiroshima, Japan. This resulted in 140,000 deaths -
Atomic power Part II
Nagasaki, Japan, is bombed, resulting in 70,000 deaths. -
V-J Day
Emperor Hirohito surrenders. America wins the Pacific Theatre of War. -
The Cold War
Tensions had heightened between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet union would later disband. -
Israel
United Nations General Assembly voted 33 to 13, in favor of a Partition Plan that created the State of Israel for the tormented Jewish people. -
Marshall Plan
President Truman signs the Marshall Plan, agreeing to give aid to European nations to help them recover from the triple blow of 2 world wars, and the Great Depression.