Important period By victoria.33998 1917 Emperor Wilhem II abdicates The Weimar Republic is established Period: 1919 to 1920 Prohibition and rise of organised crime in the United States 1921 Mussolini sets up the National Fascist Party in Italy, Adolf Hitler sets up the National Socialist Worker's Party 1922 General Worker's strike in Italy ,The March on Rome, King Victor Emmanuel III makes Mussolini president 1923 Adolf Hitler attempts a coup d'ètat (Beer Hall Putsch) 1924 Dawes Plan, Death of lenin and creation of the USSR, A new artistic style emerges: Surrealism 1928 Stalin introduces his five-year plans 1929 Young plan, The New York stock market collapses (The Wall Street Crash)) 1930 Elections in Germany prevent the formation of a government, Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor (prime minister) 1933 Reichstag fire; Adolf Hitler declares a state of emergency, Roosevelt's New Deal 1934 Night of the Long Knives, Start of the Third Reich 1935 Nuremberg Laws 1936 Stalin introduces a new constitution 1938 Night of the Broken Glass