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  • Paraguay declared its independence from Spain and Argentina

    Paraguay declared its independence from Spain and Argentina
  • Herbert Hoover elected President

    Herbert Hoover elected President
  • Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini appointed Prime Minister of Italy
  • Hitler comes to power in Germany

    Hitler comes to power in Germany
  • New York Subway began operating

    New York Subway began operating
  • Henry Ford's Model T "universal car" designed for masses wen on sale for the first time

    Henry Ford's Model T "universal car" designed for masses wen on sale for the first time
  • Bulgaria proclaimed its independence from the Ottoman Empire

    Bulgaria proclaimed its independence from the Ottoman Empire
  • Henry Ford opens his assembly line to African American workers

    Henry Ford opens his assembly line to African American workers
  • **Assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

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

    WWI
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
  • Passage of the Selective Service Act

    Passage of the Selective Service Act
  • Russian Communist Revolution begins

    Russian Communist Revolution begins
  • Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover

    Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover
  • War Industries Board established to regulate production in WW1

    War Industries Board established to regulate production in WW1
  • Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million

    Worldwide flu epidemic kills 30 million
  • National War Labor Board established to regulate production in WW1

    National War Labor Board established to regulate production in WW1
  • Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Point Peace Plan

    Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Point Peace Plan
  • Russia wtihdraws from WWI

    Russia wtihdraws from WWI
  • Espionage and Sedition acts passed by congress

    Espionage and Sedition acts passed by congress
  • Austria- Hungary surrenders to the Allies

    Austria- Hungary surrenders to the Allies
  • The Republic of Czechoslovakia was founded

    The Republic of Czechoslovakia was founded
  • **Armistice ends World War 1

    **Armistice ends World War 1
  • **Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1

    **Signing of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WW1
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    Passage of Prohabition and end of Prohabition

  • Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

    Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
  • Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight

    Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight
  • Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight

    Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight
  • Boulder Dam Project Begins

    Boulder Dam Project Begins
  • Congress creates the SEC

    Congress creates the SEC
  • **The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"

    **The Stock Market Crashes "Black Tuesday"
  • Bank Failures begin

    Bank Failures begin
  • Japan invades Northern China

    Japan invades Northern China
  • Japan conquers Manchuria

    Japan conquers Manchuria
  • Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army

    Hoover Disbands the Bonus Army
  • FDR elected as president

    FDR elected as president
  • First Fireside Chat by FDR

    First Fireside Chat by FDR
  • Hitler sets up Dachau

    Hitler sets up Dachau
  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act

    Agricultural Adjustment Act
  • Works progress Administration established

    Works progress Administration established
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl
  • Congress passes the Social Security Act

    Congress passes the Social Security Act
  • Civil War in Spain

    Civil War in Spain
  • Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals at Olympics in Germany

    Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals at Olympics in Germany
  • FDR elected President for the 2nd time

    FDR elected President for the 2nd time
  • Hindenburg disaster

    Hindenburg disaster
  • Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds

    Orson Welles broadcasts the WAR of the Worlds
  • **Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass) Hitler Distroys Jewish neighborhoods

    **Kristallnacht (night of the falling glass)  Hitler Distroys Jewish neighborhoods
  • Hitler and Stalin sign the Non aggression Pact

    Hitler and Stalin sign the Non aggression Pact
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland
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    World War 2

  • Germany invades Poland, Britain, and France Declares war

    Germany invades Poland, Britain, and France Declares war
  • Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact

    Japan, Germany, and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact
  • Lend Lease Act

    Lend Lease Act
  • HItler invades the Soviet Union

    HItler invades the Soviet Union
  • **Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WW2

    **Japan bombs Pearl Harbor - U.S. enters WW2
  • WW2 War Production Board Created by Roosevelt

    WW2 War Production Board Created by Roosevelt
  • Japanese Internment Camps begin

    Japanese Internment Camps begin
  • German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa

    German General Rommel surrenders in North Africa
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
  • ** D- Day Invasion

    ** D- Day Invasion
  • FDR elected President 3rd time

    FDR elected President 3rd time
  • FDR gets elected for a 4th term

    FDR gets elected for a 4th term
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    Battle of the Bulge

  • **Yalta Conference

    **Yalta Conference
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
  • Final wartime V2 rocket launched.

    Final wartime V2 rocket launched.
  • V- E day

    V- E day
  • ** Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    ** Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • V- J day

    V- J day
  • Nuremberg War Trials

    Nuremberg War Trials
  • Capt. Charles E. Yeager flies faster than sound for the first time in the rocket powered Bell X-1

    Capt. Charles E. Yeager flies faster than sound for the first time in the rocket powered Bell X-1
  • Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States

    Seven Year occupation of Japan by United States
  • First flight of the prototype De Havilland Comet, the first commercial jet aircraft.

    First flight of the prototype De Havilland Comet, the first commercial jet aircraft.
  • U.S. embargo of Cuba began as the State Department prohibited shipment of all goods

    U.S. embargo of Cuba began as the State Department prohibited shipment of all goods
  • Uganda achieved independence after nearly 70 years of British rule

    Uganda achieved independence after nearly 70 years of British rule