1918-1941

=**__1918-1941__**=

1934 Hitler becomes Führer 1941 Pearl Harbor 1939 WWII begins- Poland is invaded 1929 Stock Market crash 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty 1933 FDR elected 1933 New Deal begins 1920 19th Amendment 1919 League of Nations 1920 18th Amendment
 * __Events in Order of Importance__**


 * __Events in Chronological Order__**

Versailles Peace Treaty 1919 - Aiwei


 * peace settlement after end of World War I
 * David Lloyd George from Britain, George Clemenceau from France, and Woodrow Wilson from the U.S were the main negotiators
 * terms included: land including Alsace- Lorraine was given to other European countries; Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were formed; Germany military reduced dramatically; Germany had to pay astronomical reparations.
 * The War Guilt Clause placed the blame of the war on Germany
 * influenced by George's propaganda in Britain, French hate towards Germany, costliness of World War I, damage of land due to World War I, and loss of lives in the war
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">important to the development of the U.S because it was a main indirect cause of World War II, in which the U.S was heavily involved

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">League of Nations 1919- Aiwei
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">purpose to make sure war would not break out again after WWI
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">to be based in Geneva, Switzerland
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Woodrow Wilson came up with the idea but the U.S did not participate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">influenced by want of peace, World War I damage on Europe, and need to sort out international affairs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">important to the development of the U.S because it shows how the U.S is changing its previous foreign policy

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">18th Amendment 1920- Aiwei


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">banned alcohol
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">only amendment to be repealed- by 21st
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">caused organized crime from illegal sales of alcohol; people claimed that it violated 4th and 5th amendments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">influenced by temperance movements and the progressive movement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Speakeasies formed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">important to the development of the U.S because it had a considerable impact on citizens

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">19th amendment 1920- Aiwei




 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">women's suffrage
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">first draft by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton was drafted 41 yrs before the ratification
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">influenced by women's suffrage movements and women's vital role in WWI
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">huge step for women in the United States
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Alice Paul formed the National Women's Party to campaign for this amendment

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Stock Market Crash 1929- Aiwei

> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">huge drop in stock prices and loss of paper wealth
 * [[image:http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/black_tuesday_2.jpg width="297" height="309"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Black Tuesday
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Caused the Great Depression- a time of high unemployment and poverty
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">influenced by Roaring Twenties, rising stock prices, margin debt, and too much economic optimism
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">important to the development of the U.S because it was an extremely difficult time period for all citizens

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Franklin D. Roosevelt elected 1933- Rayne


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">his reforms helped the U.S tremendously
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">led us through the Depression and World War II
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">election was influenced by Hoover's lack of actions to fix the Depression
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">important because his decisions shaped our country

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">New Deal begins 1933- Rayne




 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A set of governmental programs an policies under Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">They attempted to alleviate the fiscal stresses on the American people during the great depression
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A great change from Herbert Hoover's laissez faire policies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Tried to provide direct relief, recover the economy and reform the economic system to help prevent a great depression in the future.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Implemented many programs like the Tennessee Valley Authority and many others

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hitler Becomes Führer 1934-Rayne


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The rise of Hitler is synonymous with the rise of fascism in Germany
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He put the Nazi party, and the Third Reich into power in Germany
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">As führer Hitler began WWII by invading Poland
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">As führer eleven million innocent people were murdered because of their race or creed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Under Hitler Germany controlled much of Europe and some of Africa until it was regained by the allied powers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Eventually Hitler was found and almost captured, until Hitler and his wife committed suicide.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">WWII begins 1939- Rayne
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Most wide spread war in History with two apposing alliances, the allied powers and the axis powers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Killed the most people of any war in history
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">It started in 1939 when Hitler and the Nazi army of Germany invaded Poland
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">France and Britain the declared war on Germany, while America stayed out of the war for a few years
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The war was fueled by Nazi's and Hitler's greed for power, anti-antisemitism, and racism by the Nazi party
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Japan attacked America at Pearl Harbor, drawing America into the war, in the pacific and the European fronts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">After many victories by the allied powers, the Axis momentum was lost
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">America dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki effectively destroying any hope of axis victory
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In 1945 the war completely ended, with total victory by Allied powers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The war had many ramifications, the UN was created to help cooperation around the globe and the soviet union and America became rivals, beginning the 46 year cold war

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Pearl Harbor 1941- Rayne




 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Japan, in World War Two, was mainly focused upon the pacific theater of war, attempting to control islands
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Two years into the war Japan, in an attempt to distract America's naval fleet from Japan's plans of attacking European countries, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor naval base in American Hawaiian territory
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Early in the morning Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor using fighter, bombers and torpedo planes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Four US battleships, three cruisers and three destroyers were sunk in the attack with over 2,400 American deaths
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">America almost immediately entered the Second World War, because of the unannounced attack on american soil

**__Important Figures__**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Adolf Hitler <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Franklin Delanor Roosevelt <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Winston Churchill <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Calvin Coolidge <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Andrew Mellon <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dr. Francis E. Townsend <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">John Maynard Keynes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Henry Ford <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Frank Lloyd Wright <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">John Collier

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Adolf Hitler- Frank




 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">A German youth, Hitler had a failed art career, he eventually joined the German workers party
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He put the Nazi party, and the Third Reich into power in Germany
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He became the führer of Germany in 1934
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He published the book Mein Kampf, a novel about his life
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Under Hitler Germany controlled much of Europe and some of Africa until it was regained by the allied powers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Eventually Hitler was found and almost captured, until Hitler and his wife committed suicide

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Franklin D. Roosevelt- Frank
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">32nd president of the United States
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He was elected during the great depression, defeating the widely unpopular Herbert Hoover
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He stopped the Herbert Hoover laissez faire policies and begun the New Deal: social reforms that implemented much more direct relief
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He attempted to keep America Neutral, but after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he and congress were forced to enter into WWII
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He was in office longer than any other president, even with a debilitating disease that took his life soon before the end of World War Two, he is still considered on of the greatest presidents

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Winston Churchill- Frank <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Calvin Coolidge- Frank
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WWII
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Again, considered one of the greatest leaders of all time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">notably good orator
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Led the UK to the inevitable war with Germany and the axis powers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Became the prime minister again in 1951


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">30th President of the United States 1923-1929
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Got into office after death of Harding and then was elected in 1924
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**He was able to improve trust in the government after his predecessor, Harding, and his presidency was filled with scandals**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Still part of the era of laissez-faire government but over all he was seen as a good president
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Professionally dealt with the Boston Police Strike
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">He was seen as a good representative of the middle class

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Andrew Mellon- Frank
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Was an American banker and Industrialist
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 to February 12, 1932
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Involved in many industrial industries such as oil, steel, shipbuilding, and construction
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">He cut taxes, enforced Prohibition, and was during a period of such financial prosperity that he was seen as the greatest Treasury Secretary since Alexander Hamilton

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. Francis E. Townsend- Matt <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">

John Maynard Keynes- Matt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Creator of social security
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Townsend Plan"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Revolutionized the way we see retirement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Added opportunities for the elderly to seek retirement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The old age pensions also provided funding for the shortcomings of the federal government during the Great Depression
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monthly checks of $20
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many thought that $40 was a fairer amount
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Also led to the creation of various "clubs" that supported this plan, and even aided the weak consumer demand of the times
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Large role in the "Brain Trust" of Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">One of the largest agencies of the national government today


 * headed new economic thinking in the 1930s
 * British economist
 * Deficit spending- was adopted by FDR for the New Deal
 * improved conditions in the U.S

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Henry Ford- Matt




 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Assembly line
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Added newfound efficiency to the industry
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Created more jobs, and appealed to the demand of jobs in unskilled laboro "You can have any color as long as it is black"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The invention of the Model-T was the first car to be widely accepted.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Added the allure that anything is possible within America
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">For only $650, you can buy freedom


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">First affordable automobileo Demonstrated the widespread consumerism within America before the Great Depression
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">No longer just a toy for the rich, but a commonality among the middle class

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Frank Lloyd Wright-Matt




 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">American architect
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Developed a "mature organic" style of building
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Merged nature and man into one cohesive mesh
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Created Usonian Houses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Characterized by flat roofs, and were focused about the firplace
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brought about a new age for American architects that revolved around a uniquely American style
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eventually began to affect Europe
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Commissioned for various projects and designs with said regions

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">John Collier- Matt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Major proponent of Native Americans
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Made enormous leaps and bounds within the field
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spread the importance of equal opportunity during the hard economic times
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">As Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1933-1945:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lifted the issues of Native Americans into public view
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Led a branch of the CCC
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provided Indians with the resources to carry out public works projects

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> [] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Sources: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Planet Garner; Mr. Garner