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Ireland Becomes Independent Country
Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom to become the independent Irish Free State -
Washington Conference convenes
Washington Conference convenes was an international conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race and to work out security agreements in the Pacific area. -
Claude McKay's Harlem Shadows is published
The poem Harlem Shadows is about young prostitutes in Harlem who had to work on the streets to survive. -
Mussolini and Fascist take power in Italy
Benito Mussolini rose to power in the wake of World War I as a leading proponent of Facism. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal was a government scandal that was a bribery incident involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding -
France invades Ruhr
French and Belgians invade Ruhr to use the materials and the factories to make up for the unpaid reparations . -
Congress passes National Origins Act
The National Origins Act was a bunch of laws that discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and but excluded Asians -
Vladimir Lenin dies
Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party. Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, and the architect, builder, and first head of the Soviet Uion and dies in 1924 -
Scopes trial begins
The Scopes trial was when John T. Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act -
British General Strike paralyzes British economy
British General Strike was an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions -
Stalin gains control of Soviet Union
Stalin brought both the party and the public to a state of complete submission to his rule and take over -
Lindbergh completes first solo transatlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh covered the 33 half-hours, 3,600 statute miles alone in a single-engine purpose-built from Long Island New York to Parris France -
Chiang Kai-shek becomes leader of China
Chiang was an influential member of the Kuomintang the Chinese Nationalist Party. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact signed
Kellogg-Briand Pact is an agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts -
The Wall Street Crash of 1929
During the end of October, stock prices beagon to fall and started to be the start of the Great Depression