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Henry ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers
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Assasination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie
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Russia Communist Revolution begins
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- US enters WW2. WW2
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Passage of the Selective Service Act
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Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress
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War industries Board established to regulate production in ww1
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WW2 War Production Board Created by Roosevelt
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Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover
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Russia withdraws from WW1
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Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan
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Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies
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Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million
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Armistice ends WW1
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Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1
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Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
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Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight
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Herbert Hoover elected President
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Bank falures begin
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The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"
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Boulder Dam Project begins
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Dust bowl
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Japan conquers Manchuria
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Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight
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Hoover disbands Bonus Army
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FDR elected presedentn1st time
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Hitler comes to power in Germany
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First Fireside Chat by FDR
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HItler sets up Dachau
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Agriculture adjustment act
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Congress creates the SEC
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Works Progress Administration established
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Congress Passes the Social Security Act
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Civil War in Spain
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Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at Olympics in Germany
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FDR elected presedent 2nd time
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Hindenburg disaster
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Japan invades Northern China
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Orson Welles brodcasts the WAR of the Worlds
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Kristallnacht- Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods
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Hitler and Stalin sign Non aggression Pact
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Germany invades Poland
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Germany invades Poland, Britain and France Declare War
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Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
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Lend Lease Act
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Hitler invades the Soviet Union
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Japanese Interment Camp begin
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National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson
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D Day invasion
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German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa
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FDR elected presedent 3rd time
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Battle of the Bulge
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FDR elected presedent 4th time
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Iwo Jima