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Historical Documents of the 20th Century

The treaties, speeches, declarations and resolutions that shaped the modern world — from the alliances before the Great War to the conferences of the Cold War.

Before the Great War
1850Treaty With Great Britain Regarding an Isthmian Canal·Panama Canal Treaty·Entente Cordial1905First Moroccan Crisis·US Naturalization Act1907The Hague Convention1907US Immigration Act of 19071907Haitian Agreement 19071908Gentlemen's Agreement 19081911Agadir Crisis·Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand·German Declaration of War on Russia·Wilson's Appeal for Neutrality
The First World War
1915The First Lusitania Note to Germany1916The Sykes-Picot Agreement·Balfour Declaration·Wilson's Declaration of War on Germany·Wilson's Fourteen Points·Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk1914Roosevelt's Four Freedoms
Between the Wars
1919The Treaty of Versailles1921US Peace Treaty with Germany·Naval Limitation Treaty1924League of Nations1929Permanent Court of Justice·Protocol for Pacific Settlement of International Disputes1922The Five-Power Naval Treaty1924Immigration Act of 1924·Kellogg Peace Pact1935Mussolini's Speech Announces Attack on Ethiopia1937US Neutrality Act of 19371937"Quaratine Aggressor" by FDR·Hitler's Speech to Reichstag
The Second World War
1939Speeches by Chamberlain on the Invasion of Poland1939Neutrality Act of 1939·Fireside Chat on National Defense by FDR1940"We Shall Defend Our Island, Whatever the Cost"-Winston Churchill·The Atlantic Charter·Lend Lease Act1941Roosevelt's War Message to Congress1943Cairo Conference1944D-Day Radio Address·Yalta (Crimea) Conference1945Roosevelt's Report on Yalta (Crimean) Conference·UN Charter·German Surrender·Japanese Surrender·Establishment of War Tribunal·Churchill's Iron Cutain Speech·UN Report on Palestine·Marshall Statement to the Senate·Truman Doctrine·Israel's Declared Independent
The Cold War & After
1953Slavery Convention1949North Atlantic Treaty1957Mao Zedong on Sino-American & Sino-Soviet Relations·Khrushchev on the Cult of Personality·Kennedy's Speech on Return from Vienna Summit·Kennedy's TV Address on Cuban Missile Crisis·Kennedy's Address on Nuclear Test Ban Treaty·UN Resolution 242-On Arab Israeli Conflict·UN Resolution 338-On Arab Israli Conflict1976UN Resolution 385-On Namibia1980UN Resolution 479-On Iran-Iraq1982UN Resolution 502-On Falklands·Camp David Accords1990UN Resolution 660-On Kuwait1990UN Resolution 678-On Kuwait1991UN Resolution 686-On Kuwait1990UN Resolution 668-On Cambodia1992UN Resolution 733-On Somalia1992UN Resolution 752-On Bosnia1993UN Resolution 812-On Rwanda·Israel PLO Declaration of Principles1993UN Resolution 872-On Rwanda1994UN Resolution 942-On Bosnia1995UN Resolution 978-On Rwanda2000Text of the Mitchell Report
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