1921-1941

  • Dawes Plan

    Following World War I, the Triple Entente created the Dawes Plan to draw reparations from Germany.
  • Charles Lindbergh

    Lindbergh became the first to solo fly across the Atlantic without stopping.
  • Kellogg-Briand Pact

    International agreement to not use war to resolve conflicts.
  • Black Tuesday

    On this day, the stock market began its traumatic fall
  • New Deal

    Roosevelt promised to launch many programs to end the Great Depression
  • Invasion of Rhineland

    German forces invaded Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles
  • Munich Agreement

    France and Britain agreed to Hitler's demand in return to invade no more.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor and asked for a butt whooping.