A Worldwide Depression

Absolut rulers overthrown

Period: Mar 11, 1914 to Mar 11, 1918

Eurpoe´s last absolute rulers had been overthrowned

Provisional government in Russia

Mar 11, 1917

Weimar Republic

Mar 11, 1919

Germany´s new democratic government was set up

American economy sustained the world economy

Mar 11, 1920

Germany´s great infaltion

Mar 11, 1923

Dawes plan

Mar 11, 1924

American banks give 200$ to stabilize German currency and strenghten its economy.

France and Germany treaty

Mar 11, 1925

France and Germany signed a treaty promising that they would never make war against each other.

Germany recovers

Mar 11, 1929

Germany´s factories were producing as much as they had before the war.

American economy collapsed

Mar 11, 1929

As the US economy sustained the world economy, when it collapsed the whole world collapsed.

Great Depression

Period: Mar 11, 1929 to Mar 11, 1939

Value of exports fell by half

Period: Mar 11, 1929 to Mar 11, 1931

Austria's largest bank failed

Mar 11, 1931

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected in the US

Mar 11, 1932

1/4 of American workers had no jobs

Mar 11, 1933

Five coalition governments formed and fell.

Mar 11, 1933

One million French workers were unemployed

Mar 11, 1935

Eventhough France had a more self-sufficient economy, in 1935 one million workers were unemployed.

Moderates, socialists and communists formed a coalition.

Mar 11, 1936

Unemployment has ben caught by half

Mar 11, 1937