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Treaty Of Versailles
peace treaty signed that ended WWI -
Warren G. Harding Takes Office
Harding becomes the U.S. President during the "Roaring 20s" economic boom -
Unemployment in Britain Reaches 2.5 Million
due to the postwar economic crisis -
Russian Civil War Ends
the Bolsheviks win Russia and some surrounding lands -
British Prime Minster David Lloyd George Resigns
he had been in office since 7 December 1916, and had guided Britain through WWI -
Benito Mussolini Named Italian Premier
Mussolini continues on to gradually erode democracy -
Vladimir Lenin Dies; Josef Stalin Succeeds Him
Lenin had called for Stalin's dismissal, but Stalin takes power nonetheless -
Dawes Plan
a plan to solve the reparations problem (it ultimately failed and was replaced) -
Stalin Implements the First Five-Year Plan
a plan of rigourous economic growth for Russia -
Italy is a Single-Party State
Mussolini and Fascism take over -
French Prime Minister Poincaré Resigns
Raymond Poincaré resigns; political turmoil ensues -
Black Tuesday Stock Market Crash
the Great Depression follows -
Stalin Starts "The Great Purges"
elimination of people who opposed Stalin &/or his ideologies -
Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler to the position of Chancellor -
FDR Begins First Term
Roosevelt becomes U.S. President with the U.S. still suffering from the Great Depression -
FDR's "New Deal"
FDR's "New Deal" was a series of economic programs designed to help the U.S. with "Relief, Recovery, and Reform." From 1933 to 1936 they steered the U.S. in the right direction. -
Hindenburg Dies; Hitler becomes Der Fuhrer
President Hindenburg dies and Hitler combines the presidency and chancellorship, taking the title of "Fuhrer" -
Italy invades Ethiopia
the Second Italo-Ethiopian War takes place and exposes the weakness of the League of Nations (of which Italy and Ethiopia were both members) -
Italy Wins War in Ethiopia
creates Italian East Africa -
Spanish Civil War Begins
Nazi Germany supports the Spanish rebels -
FDR Re-Elected
Roosevelt wins the Presidency by a landslide -
Neville Chamberlain Appointed British Prime Minister
he resigned 10 May 1940
