THE CHANGING POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT
1917-80
, TIMELINE (1):
1917: 1919-20:
APRIL: USA First Red Scare 1945:
enters WW1 JAN 1919: 1939: 8 MAY: WW2 ends in Europe
OCTOBER: Amendment to the SEPTEMBER: AUGUST: USA drops bomb on
Russia becomes Constitution Outbreak of WW2 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; war in
Communist introduced Europe Pacific ends
Prohibition
1918: 1929: 1941:
NOVEMBER: OCTOBER: 7 DEC: Japanese attack US fleet at Pearl
WW1 ends Wall Street Crash kick- Harbor
starts The Great 8 DEC: USA declares war on Japan
Depression
11 DEC: Germany declares war on the
USA
ENVIRONMENT
1917-80
, TIMELINE (1):
1917: 1919-20:
APRIL: USA First Red Scare 1945:
enters WW1 JAN 1919: 1939: 8 MAY: WW2 ends in Europe
OCTOBER: Amendment to the SEPTEMBER: AUGUST: USA drops bomb on
Russia becomes Constitution Outbreak of WW2 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; war in
Communist introduced Europe Pacific ends
Prohibition
1918: 1929: 1941:
NOVEMBER: OCTOBER: 7 DEC: Japanese attack US fleet at Pearl
WW1 ends Wall Street Crash kick- Harbor
starts The Great 8 DEC: USA declares war on Japan
Depression
11 DEC: Germany declares war on the
USA