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Japan invades Manchuria
the invasion of Manchuria started the Japanese aggression against China & Indochina. U.S response to Japanese aggression, limited by isolationist policies, was limited to imposing trade restrictions, such as embargoes on gas and iron -
Munich pact
in 1938 Britain and France agreed on Hitler to take more land, in exchange for Hitler's agreement to seek no more territory after that concession. Hitler broke the pact less than 6 months later by continuing to take territory. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht also knows as the night of the broken glass. was when nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses, and killed close to 100 jews -
Germany invades Poland
when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. it led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany. the breaking of the Munich pact also led to this. -
neutrality acts of 1939
the cash and carry act also known as the (neutrality act of 1939) allowed nations at war to buy goods from us. if only the paid with cash upfront and carried the merchandise on their own ships -
Exec Order 8022
FDR issued this order because Philip Randolph threatened to organize a march on Washington demanding equal access to wartime jobs. this order prohibited ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense indusrty. -
Atlantic charter/ Atlantic conference
when FDR and the British prime minister at the time Winston Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter. In August 1941 a broad statement of the US and the international system of general security. -
lend-lease act
the lend-lease Act was when congress authorizes Roosevelt to"sell transfer title to exchange lease, lend. or the dispose of any such government and defense article which he thought was necessary in the interest of the defense of the united states -
attack on pearl harbor
in 1941 japan bombed the military base in Hawaii for putting an embargo on the oil. on this day 19 US ships sunk or damaged and 2400 Americans were killed along with 1300 were badly injured in the bombing -
Exec Order 9066
FDR issued executive order 9066 which authorized the internment of Americans of Japanese descent and resident aliens from Japan. basically, anyone who was Japanese themselves or a Japanese descent had sold their property and belongings and go to deportation camps -
Battle of Midway
when we were using the strategy of island hopping to get close to the Japanese home island to launch air attacks in preparation for an invasion. victory at midway stopped the Japanese advance and put them on the defensive. -
Operation Torch
The invasion of North Africa was launched to free the mediterranean sea from German control. this was also a plan to protect the oil fields in the middle east -
Korematsu v. United States
Fred Korematsu was a Japanese American who refused to leave his home during the Exec. order (9066). he took his case to the supreme court, arguing that the internment violated his constitutional rights. Korematsu lost and the supreme court upheld Japanese internment as constitutional. -
D-Day (invasion of Normandy)
the invasion of Normandy otherwise known as d-day finally provided the long-awaited western front. Germany was now engaged on 3 fronts and had to divert resources to a western front . -
Battle of the Bulge
the battle of the bulge was the last German offensive and the beginning of the end for the nazis. American, British, and french marched towards berlin form the west after the battle of bugle -
Yalta Conference
When Winston Churchill, FDR, Stalin final plans for the defeat of Europe. They began to start the discussion of post-war European plans. -
Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Since japan bombed pearl harbor president Truman decided to get back at them by dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. they also did this to prevent the necessity for landing and fighting on the Japanese homelands which would result in too many American lives lost -
United Nations is created
The U.S played a key role in helping to organize and start the united nations. the united nations was an intergovernmental organization tasked to promoted international cooperation and create and maintain international order -
Nuremberg Trials
in 1945 the Nuremberg trials have established the precedent it was made for individuals that would be held responsible for their own actions. the precedents set by the Nuremberg trials and the convictions of nazis have not however it brought an end to the genocide throughout the world. -
Truman Doctrine
the Truman doctrine that was made on March 12, 1947, to pledge to contain communism in Europe. it was first applied when the united states supplied military and financial aid to Greece and turkey to resist the communist-backed rebel forces there. -
Marshall Plan
Fearing that a war-torn and economically weak western Europe would elect socialist/communist governments. the U.S offered financial aid to promote economic rebuilding and prevent the fall of European countries to communism -
Israel is established
in may 14 Israel was established us supported the self-determination of the Jewish people. they created the Jewish state Israel for the Jewish people that were freed from the camps. -
Berlin Airlift
this is when the u.s supplied food for people. we supplied things like water clothing and other supplies from airdrops -
US establishes NATO
the U.S established The NATO also know as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. it established a military alliance aimed a the soviet union. in 1955, the soviet union organized the warsaw pact. -
Soviet Union tests Atomic Bomb
The Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb in 1949 and this led to the united states to speed up the development of the hydrogen bomb. after this, the nuclear arms race had begun -
Korean Conflict (War)
in the 1950s, communist North Korea invaded the neighbor South Korea. The Turman administration believed that the invasion was orchestrated by the soviet union and then urged the united nations to take action. -
Soviet Union launches Sputnik
in 1957 the soviet union launched sputnik on Oct 4. the U.S passed the national defense education act to promote science and math skills. -
National Defense Education Act
when the space race took off the soviet union launched sputnik as a result of that the U.S. Congress passed the national defense education act. contract the fear that consumerism had made Americans less competitive and less likely to win the arms race. -
Rise of the Berlin Wall (Construction begins…)
Germany started to divided after world war II into east and west. berlin started the construction of the berlin wall and that wall became a symbol of the cold war to separate east Germany form west Germany -
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
The soviet union invaded Afghanistan on the 24 to prop up a friendly government. The U.S. supported the Afghan resistance movement because of the containment policy -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
the ending of the cold war is also known as the fall of the berlin wall in1989. the cold war also ended because of changes in the soviet union and the strain of the arms race and the Afghan war on the soviet economy.