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The Selective Service Act
Was passed establishing a peacetime draft. Cause- authorized the federal gov't to raise a national army for America to enter WWI. Effect- All males from 21- 30 were required to register for military service. -
Mussolini Rises to Power
Causes- There was alot of strikes before Effects- Italy's distrust and poverty helped him rise -
Stalins Rises to Power
Causes- Head of Control Commission Effects- Started to kill people when he had enough power so that no one would ask him questions. -
FDR Rises to Power
Causes- Promised to help Americans in the New Deal Effects- He came out with many programs to give jobs to the unemployed -
Hitler Rises to Power
Causes- Germany had to sign the War Guilt Clause, which made Germany go banktupt Effect- He rose to power after being imprisoned and blamed the Jewish people. He put them into concentration camps. -
Nuremberg Laws
Causes- Took the german jews ctizenships away Effects- Jewish men, women, and children started to be taken away and die. -
German Occupation of the Rhineland
Cause- first ilegal act of Hitler in foreign relations Effects- Hitler began to declare territory and began to take more countries -
The Axis Powers are Formed
Causes- allignment of nations that fought in the Second War against the allied forces. Effects- territorial expanison and foundation of empires based on military conquest. -
Japan invades China
Cause- To aquire power Effect- Japanese took over the food and jobs of the chinese people. -
Hitler Occupies Austria in the Anshluss
Causes- Hitler violated the Treaty of Versaille Effects- Hitler began to build a German Air Force -
The Munich Agreement
Causes- was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia's areas Effects- Hitler demanded the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, and was threatening to go to war to get it. -
Kristallnacht
Cause- ( The Night of broken Glass) : Assassination of Third Secretary to the German embassy in Paris, Ernst vom Roth. Effects- Economy was hurt, Jobs were taken, Jews were intimidated so they wouldnt oppose any political party -
US Denies Admission of the SS St. Louis
Cause- A ship with Jewish refugees from German waiting to leave for Cuba. Effects- Were trying to get the Jewish people a home after Kristallnacht -
Germany and Russia establish a non-aggression agreement
Causes- to make things better in the political relations between them Effects- Helped Germany bypass the British blockade in the first part o f the war. -
Germany invade Poland
Causes- marked the beginning of WWII. Effects- Polish forces withdrew from their forward bases of operation. -
England and France declare war on Germany
Causes- They declared war because they had an agreement with Poland Effects- German troops advanced steadily -
France falls to Germany
Causes- It fell because of the speed and strength of the German attack Effects- France was divided into a German occupation zone. -
FDR is elected for a third term
Causes- The amendment to the constitution was passed after the time of FDR. Effects- he promised there would be no involvement in foreign wars if he was re-elected. He won a comfortable victory. -
Lend-Lease Policy Established by the US
Causes- Was an act to defend the US from the war Effects- Roosevelt was able to help out the Allies.= by supplying them with stuff. -
Germany invades Russia
Causes- To attack Russia by surprise because they were getting equipped for 1942. Effects- The weather conditions in Russia were extremely bad. That gave Russia enough time to prepare and and attack the Germans. Russia did win in the end. -
FDR and Churchill agree to the Atlantic Charter
Causes- US started sharing weapons with Britain Effects- Helped during the war. -
Tojo Rises to Power
Causes- Agressively took direct power over the empire of Japan when he felt that the Emperor and civilian politicians were unable and unwilling to provide leadership. Effects- He got rid of their government. -
Pear Harbor is attacked
Causes- Japan wanted the US to stay out of the war. It was a threat saying don't mess with us. Effects- US lost many people that day and that resulted with them joining the war. -
The Us enters WWII
Causes- They entered because Japan attacked them. Effects- Germany declared war on them in December 11, 1941. -
The Final Solution
Is agreed to by German leadership Causes- Nazis were going to completely ger rid of all the European Jews Effects- Jews were put into concentration camps an were killed. -
Japan captures Philippines
Causes- Japanese empire wanted to expand and take over Asia and the world. Effects- They were winning, but when america and the philippines joined forces, they won. -
FDR issues Executive Order 9066
Causes- authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones. Effects- cleared the way for the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. -
US wins at Midway
Causes- A network that allowed the US Fleet to spring a surprse attack. Effects- The US cracked the Japanese communication codes. -
Allies push Germany out of North America
Causes- British and American forces under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower landed in the NW of Africa and assumed control of French Morocco and Algeria. Effects- They gradually closed in on the Germans. -
Detroit and LA Race Riots
Causes- Lasted for 3 days Effects- Wounding 433, and destroying property valued at $2 million. -
Allies invades Italy
Causes- The operation followed the successful invasion of Sicily during the Italian Campaign Effects- The main invasion force landed around Salerno on the western coast -
The German army surrenders at Stalingrad
Causes- Von Paulus, captured by the Soviets, repaid Hitler by selling out to the Soviets Effects- The Germans surrendered even after Hitler said they would never surrender. -
Allies invade Germany
Causes- This is known as the "Central Europe Campaign" in United States military histories. Effects- They won. -
D- Day
Causes- The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France. Effects- Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. -
Battle of Leyte
Begins the Philippine Campaign Causes- called the "Battles for Leyte Gulf", and formerly known as the "Second Battle of the Philippine Sea", is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II Effects- It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte and Samar from 23–26 October 1944, between combined US and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy. -
The Supreme Court
Reaches a decision in Korematsu v. US Reaches a decision in Korematsu v. US Cause- The Supreme Court sided with the government regarding the constitutionality of the decision , Executive Order 9066 , to forcibly inter Japanese-Americans . Effects- Which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship. -
Auschwitz is Liberated
Causes- was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II Effects- The jews were being freed. -
The Yalta Conference
Causes- Was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. Effects- The meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe. -
US wins at Iwo Jima
Causes- was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. Effects- The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including its three airfields. -
Roosevelt dies in Office
Cause- He died of a cerebral hemorrhage (leading to stroke) Effects- Harry S. Truman became president. -
VE Day
Causes- Victory in Europe was celebrated. Effects- The World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, -
Hiroshima Bombed
Causes- US bombed hiroshima Effects- Radiation occurred everywhere -
Nagasaki
Causes- US wanted to show that they shouldn't mess with them Effects- Radiation occurred everywhere. Many people died and babies were being born with deformaties. -
VJ Day
Causes- is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. Effects- The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made -
Japan Officially Surrenders to the US ending WWII
Causes- The Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. Effects- They gave up.
