WW1 - Great Depression - WW11

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Dec 1, 1913

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling

*Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Jun 28, 1914

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archduke-franz-ferdinand-assassinated

WW1

Jul 28, 1914

http://www.shmoop.com/wwi/timeline.html

Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpwwi2.htm

Russian Communist Revolution begins

Mar 8, 1917

http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

May 4, 1917

http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/cou/us/food/w1cus-usfa.html

Passage of the Selective Service Act

May 18, 1917

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-selective-service-act

Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress

Jul 15, 1917

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WW1

Jul 28, 1917

http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/war-industries-board.htm

Russia withdraws from WW1

Oct 1, 1917

http://classroom.synonym.com/significance-russian-withdrawal-wwi-5281.html

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Jan 8, 1918

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Jan 27, 1918

https://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson

Apr 8, 1918

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h4303.html

Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies

Nov 11, 1918

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/section11.rhtml

*Armistice ends World War 1

Nov 11, 1918

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends

*Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI

Jun 28, 1919

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/treaty-of-versailles

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1933

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Women were granted the right to vote

Aug 18, 1920

https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=63

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Jan 1, 1922

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Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

Dec 25, 1926

http://www.biography.com/people/hirohito-37173

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

May 21, 1927

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Herbert Hoover elected President

Nov 6, 1928

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1928

Bank failures begin

Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1933

http://www.history.com/topics/bank-run

Stock Market crashed in the United States

Oct 24, 1929

http://www.history.com/topics/1929-stock-market-crash

*The Stock Market crashes "Black Tuesday"

Oct 29, 1929

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Boulder Dam Project begins

Jul 7, 1930

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/building-of-hoover-dam-begins

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President for the first time

Jan 1, 1932

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Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo fight

May 21, 1932

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

Jul 18, 1932

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Japan conquers Manchuria

Sep 18, 1932

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/manchuria.htm

Hitler sets up Dachau

Jan 1, 1933

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Hitler comes to power in Germany

Jan 30, 1933

https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007671

Civilian Conservation Camps

Mar 1, 1933

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First Fireside Chat by FDR

Mar 12, 1933

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-broadcasts-first-fireside-chat

Agricultural Adjustment Act

May 12, 1933

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Agricultural-Adjustment-Administration

Congress creates the SEC

Jan 1, 1934

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Dustbowl

Period: Jan 1, 1934 to Jan 1, 1937

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Works Progress Administration established

Apr 8, 1935

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Congress passes the Social Security Act

Aug 14, 1935

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Social_Security_in_the_United_States

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President for the second time

Jan 1, 1936

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Civil war in Spain

Jul 18, 1936

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Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany

Aug 9, 1936

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/owens-wins-4th-gold-medal

Neutrality Act

May 1, 1937

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/neutrality-acts

Hindenburg disaster

May 6, 1937

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-hindenburg-disaster

Japan defeats China

Jul 7, 1937

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/24/books/book-reviews/chinas-contribution-to-japans-defeat/

Hitler supports Japan

Feb 20, 1938

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Japan_relations

Naval Expansion Act

May 17, 1938

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Act_of_1938

Hitler promises peace

Sep 29, 1938

http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2012/04/appeasement-and-peace-in-our-time-1938.html

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

Oct 30, 1938

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*Kristallnacht - Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

Period: Nov 9, 1938 to Nov 10, 1938

http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht

Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

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Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland

Britain and France declare war

Sep 3, 1939

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-declare-war-on-germany

Germany invades Poland, Britain and France declare war

Sep 3, 1939

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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President for the third time

Jan 1, 1940

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Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-tripartite-pact-is-signed-by-germany-italy-and-japan

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

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Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164

*Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WWll.

Dec 7, 1941

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor

Japan invades Northern China

Dec 18, 1941

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WW2 War Production Board created by Roosevelt

Jan 12, 1942

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Japanese Internment Camps begin

Feb 19, 1942

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation

Battle of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

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German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

Jun 21, 1942

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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President for the fourth time

Jan 1, 1944

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*D-Day Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge Time period: December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945

*Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference

Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

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FDR dies

Apr 12, 1945

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies

Hitler commits suicide

Apr 30, 1945

http://www.history.co.uk/this-day-in-history/04-30/adolf-hitler-commits-suicide

V-E Day and V-J Day

May 8, 1945

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day

*Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

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Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

Sep 2, 1945

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1900_occupation.htm 1945- 1952

Nuremburg War Trials

Nov 20, 1945

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