TIMELINE OF EVENTS

CHAPTER 23 REVIEW

1933 United States extends diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
1935–1937 Neutrality Acts
1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
Germany and Soviet Union invade Poland; World War II begins
1940 Battle of Britain begins
Tripartite Pact signed
1941 Lend-Lease Act
Fair Employment Practice Committee created
Atlantic Charter signed
Germany invades Soviet Union
December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor bombed
December 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on the United States
1942 Congress of Racial Equality established
Manhattan Project approved
Roosevelt orders internment of Japanese Americans
1943 Zoot suit riots
June 6, 1944 D Day invasion begins
1945 Final U.S. offensive against Japan, with victories at Iwo Jima and Okinawa
February 1945 Yalta Conference
May 1945 Germany surrenders
August 1945 U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
September 1945 Japan surrenders