Key Dates Flashcards
(18 cards)
1917
- The US entered WWI
- The Russian Revolution began, establishing the USSR
1919
The treaty of Versailles signed, establishing the League of Nations
1922
- Joseph Stalin succeeded Vladimir Lenin as leader of the USSR
- Benito Mussolini became prime minister of Italy
1929
The Great Depression Started (the Wall Street Crash)
1930
- The US Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, signed by the President Herbert Hoover
- R.B. Bennett became prime minister of Canada
1931
Japan invaded Manchuria and Northern China
1933
- Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany
- Franklin D Roosevelt became president of the US and the New Deal began
- US declared the Good Neighbor Policy
1935
Italy invaded Abyssinia
William Lyon Mackenzie King became prime minister of Canada (again)
1936
Chinese nationalists and Chinese communists formed the Second United Front to combat Japanese occupiers
1937
Japan began the Second Sino Japanese War, Starting WWII in Asia
Getulio Vargas created his Estado Novo, implementing import substitution industrialization (ISI)
1938
Germany, Italy, Great Britain and France signed the Munich Agreement
1940
Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact
1939
Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel
Germany and the USSR signed the Nazi Soviet Pact
Germany invaded Poland, starting WWII in Europe
Canada played a key role in combating German submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic
1941
FDR issued Executive Order 8802, banning discrimination in the defense industry employment
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the US entered WWII
1942
FDR issued executive order 9066, allowing Japanese interment
1945
Allied forces defeated Nazi Germany in Europe
The US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending WWII
The United Nations was established
1946
George Kennan sent the “Long telegram”, articulating Cold War concerns
1947
The Truman Doctrine was formulated
The US implemented the Marshall Plan
