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Type in the content of your page here. Group Work Page! group work for AP 34-35 __Chronology 34__ 1933- United States recoginzed the Soviet Union- this showed that the United States did recognize a communist country. Plus we were the only ones who wanted to recoginze them. 1934-Tydings McDuffe Act- this gave Phillipeanes thier freedom in future years, it showed how Roosevelt wanted to let go of some our power previously established by his distant cousin Theodore. 1935- Mussolini invades Ethiopia- this was important because it was the first example of the start of take over by the Axis power. No one did anything to help Ethiopia which proved the UN failed as a orginzation. Ethiopia eventually fell thanks to no help from anyone 1939-Hitler invades Poland-this marked the beginging of WW2 and Poland was eventually taken over. This would be the first of many countries, including France, to be taken over by Hitler and Germany. 1941- Pearl Harbor bombing- this was by the Japanese forces after we put an embargo on Japanese oil. We enetered the war after this and fueled our revenge attack of the bombings of Japan, which would end the war.

__Chronology 35__ 1941- United States declares war on Japan. This was after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. 1942- Japanese Americans sent to interment camps- this was out of fear that the Japanese Americans could help Japan to destroy us again. All Japanese Americas,even if only thier ancestors were Japanese were sent to these camps. It was for the good of the country. 1943-Race riots- one of the more violent outbursts due to racial tensions. 25 black people were killed and nine white people were as well 1944-D-Day- extreamly risky mission by the Allies. Troops of the Allies stormed the beaches of France and succeded in invaded France. A major turn in the war for the Allied Forces, though many Allied lives were lost 1945- Hiroshima bombings-to end the war the United States dropped two atom bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It destroyed the cities and thousands died, it also spread waves of radiation through out the areas. Japan surrendered soon after, the war was over.

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P - Roosevelt is highly against Fascism - Stalin joins Axis powers against his promises - Germany uses Blitzkrieg (quickly moving tanks, planes, and tactics to gain control of enemies) - Roosevelt begins cash and carry to support Britain in war but reamins neutral - U.S gives 50 destroyers to Britain in exchange for an unneeded bases in virgin islands

E - U.S prohibits trade with Japan in hopes to starve them of natural resources - Japan invades China in need of oil, violating open door policy - U.S organizes Office of War Mobilization to help with production of war arms -U.S has twice the industrial output of axis powers - profits continue to increase, however, wages remain frozen

G -Pearl harbor station in Hawaii is bombed

S - Labor unions agree on no strikes during war time - membership of NAACP increases - 1.5 million blacks leave south in search of jobs - segregation in these areas increase - denying an african american the right to vote in a primary is made unconstitutional

Group Work for AP 36 __Chronology__ 1945- Yalta Conference- between the big 3, Britain, US, and the Soviet Union they were trying to figure out peace options for the countries, and boundries were set. The Soviet Union would eventually ignore them and take over countires later on. The United Nations were established at the conference 1946-Nuremburg Trial- against several of the Natzi party ring leaders, the trial condemmed some to death, some to years in prison. This was the first international trial broadcasted and was watched by thousands 1949-China becomes Communist- China becomes communist and evenutally will become the most powerful communist power in the recent world 1950-1953-Korean War- this war was a "forgotten" war, Korea was split into two seperate countries, North and South, we being on the South side. It was a war of Communism 1952-hydrogen bomb test explosion- this shows the new birth of technology is no longer in tanks and guns and such. The new warfare is now bombs in the nuclear department.

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Group Work for AP 37 __Chronology 37__ 1954- Brown v. Board of Education-this was a famous case dealing with the civil rights movement. It dealt with the opposistion to segeration in schools. The ruling shocked the nation, the courts ruled that segergation must be terminated. Many northern shcools complies, while in southern states it was more difficult. 1954-first mcdonalds stand open- this was a huge movement in the availbilty of fast food served to you so suddenly, and it would soon to be a world wide power chain. 1955-boycotts by Martin Luther King Jr. started- this would be the begining of the great civil rights struggle. They were peaceful and joined by thousands of black people. It would be the beginging of the fight for rights in a peaceful way. 1957-Civil Rights Act passed-first since the Reconstruction era, it set up a Southern senator that would be in charge of the civil rights comission. This would make sure that there is no violations of civil rights. 1957-Soviet Union launches Sputinik- this would spark the great Space Race. The US did not want the Soviets to have complete control of the solar system, so the competition between the two grew to see who could land on the moon first.

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Group Work for AP 38 Chronology: 1962-Cuban Missile Crisis- when the rumor of a nuclear missile base was on cuba arose the U.S. took action and forced Cuba to not have that missisle by quarentining Cuba. The Soveit Union eventually agreed to pull the missiles out of Cuba. The crisis was adverted. 1963-Kennedy assassinated-when Kennedy was shot it caused the nation to go into shock. THe sudden death of the president and the violent way was shocking. This left Johnson to be president. 1965-Race riots- these riots which were racially tense were commonly bloody and violent. 1968-Martin Luther King Jr. killed- his death was a great blow to the Civil Rights movement. They civil rights movement was now without a influencal leader and thier fight still hadn't been completly won yet. 1969-Astronaunts land on the moon- this marked the end to the Space Race and the U.S. were the proud first people on the moon.

AP 39 Chronology 1970-Cambodia Invasion- Nixion uspet the nation b meddelig with asian affairs. Many riots and protests because of the war started becuase of his action 1972-Nixon vists China and Soviet Union- was the first presidental vist to a communist country, it was abold move on Nixons part He did this in secret so the country did not know until he was over there. 1973-Vietnam cease fire, US withdrawl-this was the end of the war fo us and terms were actually made. The troops could come home anda let Vietnam dictate to itself. Eventually theywould become communist 1973-74-Watergate-Nixons biggest scandel. He had tapes of conversations of white house officials. e had those officials thrown in jail but the taping was unconstitonal. Nixon later resigned after the hearings. He was disgraced 1979-1981-Iranian hostage situation- Iranians took over an embassy and took American hostage. They demanded thier Shah back who was in our country. Iranians discclaimed America, burning flags and rallying. A rescue mission failed killing 8 would be rescuers. This shocked and saddened Americans.

AP40 Chonology 1980-Reagan becomes president- Reagan becomes a a popular president, he eventuallygives people jobs, starts Reaganomics, and late would tear down the Berlin Wall 1981-O'Connor appointed in Supreme Court- she as the first female member, this wold mark a incredible milestone in womens rights and how far they had come 1989-Chinese goverment surpresses prodemocracy rallies- this shows China's views towards democracy. Soon thecountry would turn Communist 1989-Berlin Wall comes down- famous Reagan quote of "tear down this wall" finally East and West Germany were not seperated and the country could become whole 1991-Soviet Union breaks up-the communist block lst most of its support when the block broke up. The results of th ere many countries being reestlabished and Communism to drop greatly in Europe and he world

AP41 Chronology 1994-Republicans win majorities in both houses- this means overall Republican power in politics for awhile 1998-Clinton scandal- this put spotlight on Clinton in a bad way. Questions were thought about or president and it gave a bad image. Clinton would later be impeached. 2000-George W. Bush wins- it was controversial in the fact that Bush won in Electoral not in Popular. The House gave the win to Bush wich put many out of faith in the system 2001-Terrorist attacks in New York- this shocked America. Trade Centers, part of the pentagon, anf another plane all crashed due to terrorists. Many lives were killed and becuase of this we went to war and also bumped up our national security. 2001-US invades Afghanistan- this starts a war in the Middle East. It is still going on today but dealing with different parts of the Middle East. This was to take down the terrorists so they couldn't reform again.