APUSH Ch. 33 Chronology (copy)

1941

United States declare war on Japan

1941

Germany declares war on United States

1941

Randolph plans black march on Washington

1941

Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) established

1941

Roosevelt delivers "four freedoms" speech

1942

Japanese Americans sent to internment camps

1942

Japan conquers the Philippines

1942

Battle of the Coral Sea

1942

Battle of Midway

1942

United States invades North Africa

1942

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded

1943

Allies hold Casablanca conference

1943

Allies invade Italy

1943

Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act

1943

"Zoot-suit" riots in Los Angeles

1943

Race riot in Detroit

1943

Japanese driven from Guadalcanal

1943

Tehran conference

1944

Korematsu v. U.S.

1944

D-Day invasion of France

1944

Battle of the Marianas

1944

Roosevelt defeats Dewey for presidency

1944-1945

Battle of the Bulge

1945

Roosevelt dies; Truman assumes presidency

1945

Germany surrenders

1945

Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

1945

Potsdam conference

1945

Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1945

Japan surrenders