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Immigration Act of 1924
The immigration act of 1924 cut down emergency quota act down to 2% and also bans Japanese immigration. -
Dawes Plan
This was a "plan" that the US used where they loaned money to Germany to pay their debts to Britain and France who then used the same money to pay off the US. Because it initially started with US loaning the money out, they never really got any money back once France and Britain paid their debt because it was the same money they gave out to Germany. This is how they tried to "solve" their debt crisis. -
The Kellogg - Briand Pact
Its nickname was the "Pact of Paris", it was named after the city it was signed in. It was an effort to avoid another World War. President Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of the State Frank B. Kellogg and Briand were all part of this event. It was not successful and did not solve anything. -
Good Neighbor Policy
For better relations with Latin American countries, FDR renounced armed interventions at the 7th Pan American Conference in Uruguay. A year later he took U.S. Marines out of Haiti, these actions most definitely helped FDR's goal for better relations. -
London Conference of 1933
The Great Depression did not just affect the United States, it was worldwide and in an attempt to resolve this problem 66 nations came together in London during the summer of 1933. -
Tydings-McDuffie Act
After 12 years of political and economic tutelage, the act stated that the philippines will be free; in 1946. -
Hanford Nuclear
Hanford was built in 1943 and after WWII there was a lull at Hanford. By 1945 Plutonium from the Hanford's Nuclear Reactors went into the Trinity test bomb and the bomb that dropped on Nagasaki. -
Yalta Conference
Discussed Europe's post-war reorganization. Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joesph Stalin were the major Allied leaders. -
United Nations Established
U.N. established which consisted of originally 51 states. The purpose of the U.N. was to bring peace globally. -
Potsdam Conference
This was the last meeting held by the "Big Three" heads of state. The big three was President Harry S Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joesph Stalin. The talks they had established a Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for administration of Germany. The leaders had many agreements and disagreements about the German exonomy. -
The Japanese Surrender
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan were hit with nuclear weapons, the unconditionally surrendered to the US officially ending WWII. -
The Iron Curtain
The famous speech, Iron Curtain, was delivered by Winston Churchhill in Marc 1946, in which he says "the world has been divided as an Iron Curtain has fallen around eastern Europe. In this speech, it's referring to the US policy of containment of Communism. With this policy, the goal of the US was expressed as instead of fighting communism directly, they were going to focus on containing the areas where it was already present. -
Battle of Alcatraz
Penitentiary; located in San Francisco Bay. One of the most violent escapes led by Bernard Paul Coy, a bank robber, serving 25 years. -
Berlin Airlift Begins
Attempt to break the blockade. Purpose was to fly food and supplies into West Germany. May 1949 Soviet Union lifted the blockade. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded
North Atlantic Treaty Organization- made up of 12 countries that signed the North Atlantic Treaty.
