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Henry Ford opens assembly lines to African American Workers
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Battle of Tannenburg
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Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
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WWI
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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Espionage and Sedition Acts passed
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Passage of the Selective Service Act
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War Industries Board eatablished
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Russia Withdraws from WWI
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World-wide flu epidemic kills 30 million
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National War labor established
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Armistance ends World War 1
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Passage of Prohibition
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Food Administa\ration set up
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Signing of the Treaty of Versailles Establishing peace
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Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
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Woodrow Wilson presents Fourteen Points Peace Plan
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Russian Communist begins
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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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Stock Market Crash
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Bank failure begins
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Boulder Dam Project begins
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Dust Bowl
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Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army
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Hitler comes to power in Germany
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FDR elected President
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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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Nazi book burning
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Agriculture Adjustment act
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Cheesburger created
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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 President
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Hindenburg disaster
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Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight
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Japan Invades Northern China
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Orson Welles Broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds
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Kristallnacht
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Germany Invades Poland/France & Britain Declare War
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Hitler & Stalin sign Non Aggression Pact
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Germany invades Poland
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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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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor- U.S. enters WW2
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FDR elected President
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German GeneralRommel Surrenders
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WWII Production Board Created
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Battle of Midway
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Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Aliies
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D-day invasion
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Battle of the Bulge
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Japanese Interment Camps begin
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Seven Year occupation of Japan by the U.S.
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Yalta Conference
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Iwo Jima
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FDR elected President
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V-E day
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japan conquers Manchuria
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V-J day
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Nuremburg War Trials