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Pan-American Conference
From 1826 to 1889, meetings between the representitives of the Western Hemisphere were held to discuss common defense and juridical matters. -
Weimar Republic Established in Germany
This German Republic was formed amist a time of chaos in Germany. -
Washington Naval Conference
Some of the world's greatest naval powers got together in Washington for the Washington Conference. In this conference they disscussed how to conquer the tension in East Asia possibly by naval disarment. -
4 Power Treaty
This was a treaty signed by the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan on 13 December 1921 in which all parties agreed to maintain the status quo in the Pacific, by respecting the Pacific holdings of the other countries signing the agreement. -
5 Power Treaty
Treaty signed by the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy to maintain a set number of tonnage to certain countries. -
9 Power Treaty
In this final multilateral agreement the countries promised respect the territorial integrity of China and Japanese dominance of Manchuria. -
Benito Mussolini Became the Leader of Italy
Mussolini was offered the position of the Prime Minister of Italy, and he changed Italy after assuming this position. -
Joseph Stalin became the Leader of the USSR
After Lenin's death, Stalin became the leader and dicator. -
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was an attempt to help the economy, with the large reparations that Germany had to pay to France and the United Kingdom. -
Adolf Hitler Became the Leader of the Nazi Party
Hitler reformed and declared himself as the leader of the Nazi Party in order to win the upcoming election, by gaining the confidence of the Germans. -
Adolf Hitler Wrote Mein Kampf
In this first volume of Hitler's book written while he was in imprisonment talks about his plans and ideas for the future of Germnay. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
An agreement joining Italy and Germany, two facist countries. -
Hirohito Became the Emperor of Japan
After the death of this father Hirohito became the emperor, and stayed emperor for the longest-reigning monarch in Japan’s history. -
Italy Invaded Ethiopia
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia for more expansion and extending his control. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed
An agreement signed to outlaw war; an effort to prevent world wars. -
Japan Invaded Manchuria
Japan launched an anormus attack on Manchuria, taking hold of many key points. -
Japan Invaded China
After this successful invasion, Japan held Manchuria until the end of World War II. -
Stimson Doctrine
Policy of the United States federal government, to Japan and China, of non-recognition of international territorial changes that are executed by force. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) became President of the U.S.
FDR defeats Hoover in the election, this is the first of his four terms in office. -
The Holocaust Began
Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor, began the Nazi genocide against the Jews. -
Adolf Hitler Became the Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg gives the title of Chancellor of Germany to Hitler. -
The New Deal Started
Roosevelt's new efforts to better the economy gave hope to Americans that things would indeed get better. -
Good Neighbor Policy
Put in place to give independence and internal stability to the United States. -
London Economic Conference
It's purpose was to annalize and help global depression and to basically make ecnomic opression better. -
U.S. formally Recognized the Soviet Union
Roosevelt pushed for this recognition, and negociated with the Soviet Union representative in Washington. -
Tydings-McDuffie Act
Provided Filipino independce from the United States. -
Reciprocal Trade Agreement
Granted President Roosevelt power to levy tariffs, and also the power to negotiate bilateral trade agreements without receiving prior congressional approval. -
Neutrality Acts
In order not to get involved into another gruesome war, Roosevelt signed the Neutralilty Acts. -
Adolf Hitler Defied the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler rearmed and resent his troop into Rhineland, against the Treaty of Versialles. -
Germany Reoccupied the Rhineland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland. -
Francisco Franco Led a Fascist Revolt in Spain
The Spanish Civil War begun due to the Spanish military officers revolt. -
Quarantine Speech
This speech by Roosevelt made America dive more into isolationism and intervention from other nations. -
Rape of Nanking
In Nanking, Japanese troops murdered and raped savegely. -
Anschluss
Union between Germany and Austria making Germany larger and greater. -
Adolf Hitler took the Sudetenland
Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier and Benito Mussolini signed the Munich Agreement which transferred the Sudetenland to Germany. -
Hitler Hosted Munich Conference
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, handing over Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Hilter took the Sudetenland
Great Britain, France and Italy all signed an agreement that allowed Hitler to take the German filled Sudetenland. -
Kristallnacht
A night when the German Nazi killed Jews and destroyed any of their property. -
Hitler took Czechoslovakia
After the signing of Munich Pact, there wasn't much hope for Czechoslovakia to withstand the Hitler's invasion. -
Manhattan Project Began
Roosevelt authorizes the Manhattan Engineering District for the purpose of creating an atomic bomb. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed
These two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany Invaded Poland (Blitzkrieg)
In the early morning German troops attack Poland, this seemingly excessive and unnecessary attack by Germany trigged the declaration of war on Germany. -
Sitzkrieg Began
The Western Allies and the Germans "fought" in this war, which is known as the Phoney War. -
Winston Churchill Became the Prime Minister of GB
Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following his resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons. -
Allies Evacuate Dunkirk
The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk on the Belgian coast ends as German forces capture the beach port; one of the largest evacuations. -
Battle of Britain
The Germans began the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, -
Vichy Government Established in France
France under the regime of Marshal Philippe Pétain from the Nazi German defeat of France to the Allied liberation in World War II. -
Destroyers for Bases Deal
President Roosevelt makes a deal with Great Britian; U.S. destroyers in exchange for British leases on naval and air bases. -
Tripartite Pact Signed
A pact that was to make the US feel less inclined to attack any of the countries involved because this pact was for mutual assistance if any of the warring countries get attacked by a country in the war. -
Election of 1940
Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Wendell L. Willkie. -
Four Freedoms
Roosevelts belief of the four freedoms; speech, worship, want and fear. -
Lend-Lease Act
The United States suppplied the Aliies during World War 2. -
Operation Barbarossa
Code name for the surprise German attack on the Soviet Union which broke the Soviet-Nazi Non-Aggression Pact and pushed the Soviet Union into World War II. -
Hitler enacted the Final Solution
The plan to get rid of all the Jews in Germany during World War II- the Holocaust. -
Atlantic Charter
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill discussed the British war aims. -
Shoot-on-Sight Orders
President Roosevelt issued an order to the U.S. Navy to shoot German or Italian warships in the west Atlantic on sight. -
Auschwitz Death Camp Opened
These camps played a major roles in Hitler's "Final Solution", many Jews ended up dying here. -
Washington Conference
In this meeting war strategies were disscussed between Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister. -
Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on US naval base located at Pearl Harbor. -
The U.S. Declared War on Japan
After the catastrophic Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt declares war against Japan. -
Office of Price Administration
the federal Office of Price Administration initiates its first rationing program in support of the American effort in World War II. -
War Production Board
This was an agency the was in charge of supervising the war production during World War 2. -
Double V
An effort for African Americans to gain some more freedom and victory over racism. -
MacArthur’s “I shall return” speech
He promised Philipians that he would continue to defend them, and he would keep trying to keep the war out of there. -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrenderment of Baatan Penninsula to the Japanese. -
Doolittle Raids Over Japan
An US air raid on Japan durinf World War II, air attack proved to be effetive. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Naval battle between the US and Japan. -
Battle of Midway
This is the first phase of the war in the Pacific, the United States defeated Japan. -
Battle of El Alamein
Turning point for North Africa in World War II, -
Battle of Guadalcanal
First major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific. -
Battle of Stalingrad
It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning point of war in favor of the Allies, also one of the bloodiest battles in history. -
Nisei were Interned in Relocation Centers in the U.S.
The movement of Japanese Americans to another location of two camps. -
Operation Torch
American commanders agreed to conduct landings in northwest Africa with the goal of clearing the continent of Axis troops, and preparing the way for a future attack on southern Europe. -
Casablanca Conference
This conference was held to stratigize the next phase of the Allied Europeans during World War 2. -
Rosie the Riveter
An icon for American women during World War II, for working women. -
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
This give the president power to seize and operate privately owned war plants when an actual or threatened strike or lockout interfered with war production. -
Allies Landed in Sicily
The Allies invaded the Axis controlled Sicily, and meet little resistance, but later there was a tough fight on the beaches. -
Cost-Plus System
The government agrees to pay a company whatever it cost to make an item plus a guaranteed percentasge of profit. -
Island Hopping Campaign
An Allies military strategy in which ships would travel through islands rather one straight journey. -
Tehran Conference
Meeting between President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin at Tehran, Iran; this conference was held to strengthen the cooperation and to stratigize between United States, Great Britain, and the USSR in World War II. -
Operation Overlord (D Day)
Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy;this success signalled one step closer to the defeat of Nazi Germnay. -
Gen. Macarthur Returned to the Philippines (Leyte Gulf)
Major invasion under the command of MacArthur, this was the start for ending the Japanese. -
Kamikaze Pilots Appear in the Pacific
Japan delploys suicide bombers against the American warships. -
Battle of the Bulge
This was an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
FDR’s 4th Term
Roosevelt was was the only president to serve 3 terms since he died shortly after being elected for his fourth term. -
Yalta Conference
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The capture of Iwo Jima was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war. -
Battle of Okinawa
Last battle of the Pacific, and the bloodist and most crucial battle in World War II between the Allied Forces and the Japanese (Axis Powers). -
Mussolini was Executed
Italian Patriots executed Benito Mussolini, and the people where all taunting his dead body. -
Hitler Committed Suicide
To escape being overthrown and other punishments, Hitler and his wife, Eva, both commited suicide. -
Germany Surrendered
Germany surrendered and brought an end to the war in Europe. -
V-E Day
This was the day that celebrated Allied victory. -
United Nations Charter
Treaty from the United Nations, all that countries who signed it must abide by its rules. -
Potsdam Conference
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet in Potsdam to discuss the terms in which World War II would end. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
The US drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing thousands, injuring thousands, and leaving the rest to die later among the rubble. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
Three days after the US dropped a bomb on Hiroshima, the US dropped another bomb on Nagasaki. -
V-J Day
The day when Japan withdrawed from World War II. -
Japan Surrendered
After much loss, Japan formally surrendered to the Aliies thus bringing an end to the war. -
Nuremberg Trials
The trials of Nazi leaders after World War II. -
Stock Market Crashed in the U.S.
October 29, 1929 as known as "Black Tuesday", was a day in history that began years of depression in the US.
