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Modern American and the World Wars
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World War I Begins
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On august 1 after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany and Russia declare war on each other. This event is what sparked the out break of WWI. The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was one of the events that started WWI events. -
U.S. Declared Nutriality
President widrow wilson addressed congress to announce the U.S. nnutrality aginst the war. This is because Wilson though that there were so many diffrent people in the U.S. and people from the countries that were at war that it might destroy the nations peace if they became apart of it. -
President Wilsons Protest
When the british want to put the American flag on one of their ships to decieve thegermans the president protested against it because the U.S. was still nutuaral to the war. -
U.S. enters the war
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After the Congress says yes to a declaration of war on Germany they enter the war siding with France and Britain. Entering the war because the germans had started to attack certain american ships. Major General John J. Pershing commanded over 2 million soldiers who faught in the war. -
German Allies end World War I
Germany signs an Armitance with their allies to end all the fighting of World War I. The signing of the Armitance happened in a rail road car that was parked After the signing of the Armitance the germans crumbled from within. -
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Woman can vote
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At this time woman are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendmant to the U.S. constitution grants the Susan B. Anthony amendmant that showed her recognition of how she created a campaign to get the right to vote for women. -
The U.S.–German Peace Treaty and the U.S.–Austrian Peace Treaty are signed,
The U.S.–German Peace Treaty and the U.S.–Austrian Peace Treaty are signed, marking the formal end of the state of war between the two states and the United States instead of the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Saint-Germain that were not ratified by the United States.August 29The U.S.–Hungarian Peace Treaty is signed, marking the formal end of the state of war between the two states instead of the Treaty of Trianon that was not ratified by the United States. -
The Washington Naval Conference ends
The Washington Naval Conference ends with the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty by the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy. The signing parties agree to limit the size of their naval forces.October The Russian Civil War (ongoing since 7 November 1917) ends in Bolshevik victory with the defeat of the last White forces in Siberia. -
The Treaty of Lausanne is signed.
The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Turkey and the Entente powers. It marks the end of the Turkish War of Independence and replaces the earlier Treaty of Sèvres.
November 8The Beer Hall Putsch takes place, in which Adolf Hitler unsuccessfully leads the Nazis in an attempt to overthrow the German government. It is crushed by police the next day. -
The United Kingdom extends diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union.
Leader of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin dies, and Joseph Stalin begins purging rivals to clear the way for his leadership.
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The Locarno Treaties are signed.
The Locarno Treaties are signed in London (they are ratified 14 September 1926). The treaties settle the borders of western Europe and normalize relations between Germany and the Allied powers of western Europe. -
The Treaty of Berlin is signed.
The Treaty of Berlin is signed by Germany and the Soviet Union, which declares neutrality if either country is attacked within the next five years. -
The Chinese Civil War begins.
The Chinese Civil War begins between nationalists and communists.May 20Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Jeddah. -
The Jinan Incident begins.
The Jinan Incident begins, a limited armed conflict between the Republic of China and Japan.
August 2Italy and Ethiopia sign the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty, pledging cooperation and friendship.August 27The Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed in Paris by the major powers of the world. The treaty outlaws aggressive warfare. -
The Great Depression begins with the Wall Street Crash.
Litvinov's Pact is signed in Moscow by the Soviet Union, Poland, Estonia, Romania and Latvia. The Pact outlaws aggressive warfare along the lines of the Kellog-Briand Pact.
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The London Naval Treaty is signed.
April 22The United Kingdom, United States, France, Italy and Japan sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting naval shipbuilding.June 30France withdraws its remaining troops from the Rhineland ending the occupation of the Rhineland. -
Mukden Incident.
Mukden Incident: the Japanese stage a false flag bombing against a Japanese-owned railroad in the Chinese region of Manchuria, blaming Chinese dissidents for the attack. -
Hattie Caraway elected to U.S. senate
Hattie Wyatt Caraway was from Arkansas and was the first woman elected into the U.S. senate. Only to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband. -
Lame Duck Ammendment
20th ammendment to the constitution, apparently reffered to as the "Lame Duck Ammendment" this moved the presidents inauguration date from March 4th to Jan 20th Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VinNjZ1kauE -
1932 Franklin D Roosevelt elected president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Commonly known as FDR was a Statesman and political leader. He was Elected 32nd President of The united states of America and was also the only president who served 3 terms Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nSgMWW-808 -
End of Prohibition
On December 5th 1933, the 21st Amendment was passed and ritied, this ultimately ended the national prohibition against alcohol. Once the 18th ammendment was appealed some states chose to maintin statewide temperance laws. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbV5yiP2Ttg -
Dust Bowl
At this point in time the "Dust Bowl" begins to hit the united states. The dust bowl was a seriers of serious and sometimes deadly dust storms. The main cause for the dust bowl was drought from over using the land for agricultural usages. Or a lack of 'Dryland farming" essentially the farmers over farmed the land leaving no nutrients left in the soild for further farming/ growth. Creating an extreemly dry topsoil. Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTek7ipD4U -
National Labor Relations Act
This ct is sometime reffered to as the Wagner Act, after the senator Robert Wagner. This act guarentees employees "The right to self-organize" Ultimately helping the union of employed persons, giving them a sense of rights, to ensure fair treatment by their employers
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Hindenburg Disaster
This was a german passanger airship that caught fire and was destoyed durring its attempt to land/ dock in New Jersey. There were 97 people aborad and the disaster ultimat;ey left 36 dead.
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United States cuts off all exports to Japan
Japan sends diplomats to The united states in an effort to avoid war, even though they refused to leave China and indochina. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the japanese it began at 7:53 am and was over at 1:00 pm. The ships attacked were off of the coast Oahu, Hi. This brutal attack left 2,403 dead, 188 destroyed planes and 8 seriously damaged battleships. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpbt0Cxze60 -
Hitler Declaires war on U.S.
Hitler belived that the United States would soon declare war on Germany, that combined with the American attacks on his u-boats and his hatred towards F.D.R. prompted Hitler to declare war against The United States before we could -
Bombing of Hiroshima
Hiroshima, 350,000 people resided there about 500 miles outside of Tokyo was the decided to be the first target for the atomic bombings. "Little Boy" was the bomb dropped that morning at 8:15 am. The bomb exploded 2,000 feet above Hiroshima. The blast destroyed five squre miles of the city. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUiHvAE -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Unfortunately the fatal attack on Hiroshima was not enough to make Japan surrender. The Pluntonium bomb "Fat Man" was released at 11:02 am on August 9th 1945 above Nagasaki. This bomb was more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima. "Fat Man" was designed to produce a 22-kiloton blast. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncq_Wye43TM -
V-J Day
Emperor Hirohito announced The surrender on Japan via radio broadcast. "V-J Day" stands for Victory in Japan Day - The offical surrender agreement was signed on Setember 2nd 1945. The signing took pace aboard The U.S. Battleshi Missouri. -
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