WW1-Great Depression-WW2

Abolition of Slavery

Dec 18, 1865

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/slavery-abolished-in-america)

Eleanor Roosevelt is born

Oct 11, 1884

Biography.com (http://www.biography.com/people/eleanor-roosevelt-9463366#early-life)

Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers

Dec 1, 1913

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

The assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

Jun 28, 1914

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

World War 1

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

Britannica.com (https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I)

Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania)

Passage of the Selective Service Act

May 8, 1917

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

Espionage and Sedition Acts passed by Congress

Jun 15, 1917

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-espionage-act) Espionage Act was passes on June 15th, 1917. The Sedition Act was passed on May 16th, 1918.

War Industries Board established to regulate production in WW1

Jul 28, 1917

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/War_Industries_Board.aspx)

Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

Aug 10, 1917

Easternct.edu (http://www.easternct.edu/germinaveris/the-food-administration-of-herbert-hoover-and-american-voluntarism-in-the-first-world-war/)

Russia withdraws from WW1

Oct 1, 1917

Russian Communist Revolution begins

Nov 6, 1917

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution)

Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

Jan 1, 1918

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/1918-flu-pandemic)

Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan

Jan 8, 1918

U-SHistory.com (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1324.html)

Woodrow Wilson establishes the National War Labor Board

Mar 29, 1918

what-when-how.com (http://what-when-how.com/the-american-economy/national-war-labor-board-nwlb-1918-1919-1942-1945/)

Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Allies

Nov 3, 1918

Britannica.com (https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I/The-US-entry-into-the-war)

Armistice ends World War 1

Nov 11, 1918

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/nov-11-1918-world-war-i-ends/?_r=0

Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition

Period: Jan 16, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/prohibition)

Signing of the Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

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

Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

Oct 31, 1922

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/benito-mussolini)

Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo

Jan 1, 1925

onthisday.com (http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1925)

Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan

Dec 25, 1926

Biography.com (http://www.biography.com/people/hirohito-37173#early-life)

Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

May 20, 1927

Charleslindbergh.com (http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp)

Herbert Hoover elected President

Nov 6, 1928

Biography.com (http://www.biography.com/people/herbert-hoover-9343371)

The Stock Market Crash "Black Tuesday"

Oct 29, 1929

Britannica.com (https://www.britannica.com/event/stock-market-crash-of-1929)

Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto

Jan 23, 1930

onthisday.com (http://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1930)

Boulder Dam Project Begins

Jul 7, 1930

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

Bank failures begin

Nov 1, 1930

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/bank-run) There was no specific date given but it had started in November and lead to banks closing their doors in the upcoming months.

Japan conquers Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

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

Japan invades Northern China

Sep 18, 1931

Theguardian.com (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/06/china-war-japan-rana-mitter-review)

Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic solo

May 21, 1932

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

Hoover disbands the Bonus Army

Jul 28, 1932

Eyewitnesstohistory.com (http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief4.htm)

Hitler come to power in Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Spiegel.de (http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/jan-30-1933-the-story-behind-hitler-s-rise-to-power-a-532032.html)

First Fireside Chat by FDR

Mar 12, 1933

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

Hitler sets up Dachau

Mar 22, 1933

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dachau)

Civilian Conservation Corps

Apr 10, 1933

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-creates-civilian-conservation-corps)

Agricultural Adjustment Act

May 1, 1933

Britannica.com (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Agricultural-Adjustment-Administration) There was no date given

Congress passes the SEC

Jun 6, 1934

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/securities-and-exchange-commission)

Elvis is born

Jan 8, 1935

Biography.com (http://www.biography.com/people/elvis-presley-9446466)

Work Progress Administration established

Apr 8, 1935

PBS.org (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-wpa/)

Dust Bowl

Period: Apr 14, 1935 to Jan 1, 1937

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl)

Congress Passes the Social Security Act

Aug 14, 1935

History,com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-social-security-act)

Civil War in Spain

Period: Jul 18, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out)

Jesse Owens wins four Gold Medals at the Olympics

Aug 9, 1936

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

FDR elected President 2nd term

Nov 3, 1936

Theewyorktimes.com (http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/nov-3-1936-franklin-roosevelt-re-elected-in-landslide/?_r=0)

Hindenburg Disaster

May 6, 1937

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

Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the worlds

Oct 30, 1938

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/welles-scares-nation)

Kristallnacht-Hitler destroys Jewish neighborhoods

Nov 9, 1938

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/kristallnacht) It was both the 9th and 10th.

Hitler and Stalin sign non aggression pact

Aug 23, 1939

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact)

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

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

World War II

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

Reference.com (https://www.reference.com/history/did-world-war-ii-start-end-88dd83d8b809fd70)

Germany invades Poland, Britain and France declare war.

Sep 3, 1939

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

1940 Olympics cancelled because War

Sep 6, 1940

History1900s.about.com (http://history1900s.about.com/od/fadsfashion/a/olympics1940.htm)

Japan, Italy and Germany sign the Tripartite Pact

Sep 27, 1940

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

FDR elected President 3rd term

Nov 5, 1940

Constitutioncenter.org (http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2015/11/fdrs-third-term-decision-and-the-22nd-amendment/)

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

U-Shistory.com (http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1600.html)

Hitler invades the Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa)

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

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

WW2 War production Board Created by Roosevelt

Jan 16, 1942

PBS.org (https://www.pbs.org/thewar/at_home_war_production.htm)

Japanese Internment Camps began

Feb 19, 1942

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

Battle of Midway

Jun 3, 1942

navy.org (https://www.navy.com/battle-of-midway.html)

German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

Oct 23, 1942

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rommel-in-africa)

FDR elected President 1st term

Nov 8, 1942

Thewhitehouse.gov (https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/franklindroosevelt)

D-Day Invasion

Jun 6, 1944

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

FDR elected President 4th term

Nov 7, 1944

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-wins-unprecedented-fourth-term)

Battle of the Bulge

Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Jan 25, 1945

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge)

Yalta Conference

Feb 4, 1945

Britannica.com (https://www.britannica.com/event/Yalta-Conference) It started on the fourth and went until the eleventh.

Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima)

Victory in Europe

May 8, 1945

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe)

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

Atomicheritage.org (http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945)

Victory in Japan

Aug 14, 1945

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

Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

Sep 2, 1945

Britannica.com (https://www.britannica.com/event/occupation-of-Japan)

Nuremburg War Trials

Nov 20, 1945

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials)

The Vietnam War started

Nov 1, 1955

History.com (http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history)

John F. Kennedy assassination

Nov 22, 1963

History.com (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-f-kennedy-assassinated)

Apollo 13 Launched

Apr 11, 1970

Nasa.gov (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo13.html)

Death of Princess Diana

Aug 31, 1997

Nydailynews.com (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/diana-beau-die-crashaccident-paris-fotog-pursuit-article-1.770216)