World War 1 Great Depression and World War 2

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Jun 28, 1914

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World War 1

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Sinking of Lusitania

May 7, 1915

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Henry Ford opens assembly lines to African American Workers

Dec 1, 1915

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Passage of Selective Service Act

May 18, 1917

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Espionage Act

Jun 15, 1917

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War Industries Board Established

Jul 28, 1917

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Food Administration Setup

Aug 10, 1917

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Russian Communist Revolution Begins

Oct 1, 1917

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Russia Withdraws from World War 1

Oct 1, 1917

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1918 Flu Epidemic

Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Dec 1, 1920

1918 Flu Epidemic

Woodrow Wilson presents 14 point peace plan

Jan 8, 1918

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National War Labor Board Established

Apr 8, 1918

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Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies

Nov 4, 1918

Austria surrenders

Armistice ends WW1

Jun 28, 1919

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Signing of Treaty of Versailes

Jun 28, 1919

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Bank failures begin

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1925

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Process of Prohibition

Period: Jan 17, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933

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Mussolini appointed prime minister

Jan 1, 1922

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Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

Jul 28, 1924

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Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Dec 1, 1926

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Charles Lindbergh makes first transatlantic flight

May 20, 1927

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Herbet Hoover elected President

Jan 1, 1928

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Amelia Earheart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

Jun 17, 1928

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The Stock Market Crashes

Oct 24, 1929

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Dust Bowl

Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 1939

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Boulder Dam Project Begins

Jan 1, 1931

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Japan Conquers Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

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FDR Elected President

Nov 8, 1932

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First Fireside chat by FDR

Mar 12, 1933

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Civilian Conservation Corps

Mar 21, 1933

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Hitler Sets up Dachau

Mar 22, 1933

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Hitler comes to power in Germany

Jul 14, 1933

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Congress creates the SEC

Jun 6, 1934

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Elvis Presely was born

Jan 8, 1935

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Works Progress Administration

Apr 8, 1935

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Social Security Act Passes

Aug 14, 1935

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Civil War in Spain

Jan 1, 1936

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Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at Olympics in Germany

Aug 1, 1936

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FDR Re-elected for second term

Nov 3, 1936

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Hindenburg Disaster

May 6, 1937

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Japan Invades Northern China

Jul 7, 1937

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Agricultural Adjustment Act

Feb 16, 1938

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Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

Oct 30, 1938

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Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

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Hitler and Stalin sign Non Agression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

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Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

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Britain and France declare war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

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Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

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FDR Re-Elected for third term

Nov 5, 1940

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Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

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Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

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Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

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WWII War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

Jan 16, 1942

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Japanese Internment Camps begin

Feb 19, 1942

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Battle of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

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German General Rommel surrrenders in North Africa

Mar 6, 1943

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Allies land in Sicily

Jul 10, 1943

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Italy Surrenders

Sep 8, 1943

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D-Day Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

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FDR Re-elected to fourth term

Nov 7, 1944

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Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

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Nuremburg War Trials

Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Jan 1, 1946

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Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

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Battle of Iwo Jima

Period: Feb 19, 1945 to Mar 26, 1945

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VE Day

May 8, 1945

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Bombing of Hiroshima

Aug 6, 1945

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Bombing of Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

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Seven year Occupation of Japan by United States

Aug 30, 1945

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Elvis Presely's first public performance

Oct 3, 1945

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Jackie Robinson becomes first African American MLB player

Mar 15, 1947

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U.S recognizes Vietnam

Jan 1, 1950

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King George VI dies

Feb 6, 1952

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Elvis Presely records first songs

Jul 18, 1953

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Elvis records first debut elbum

Mar 23, 1956

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Jailhouse Rock is released

Oct 17, 1957

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