Inter-War Years

By phoebe.markley
  • Treaty Of Versailles

    Treaty Of Versailles

    peace treaty signed that ended WWI
  • Warren G. Harding Takes Office

    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

    Russian Civil War Ends

    the Bolsheviks win Russia and some surrounding lands
  • British Prime Minster David Lloyd George Resigns

    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

    Benito Mussolini Named Italian Premier

    Mussolini continues on to gradually erode democracy
  • Vladimir Lenin Dies; Josef Stalin Succeeds Him

    Vladimir Lenin Dies; Josef Stalin Succeeds Him

    Lenin had called for Stalin's dismissal, but Stalin takes power nonetheless
  • Dawes Plan

    Dawes Plan

    a plan to solve the reparations problem (it ultimately failed and was replaced)
  • Stalin Implements the First Five-Year Plan

    Stalin Implements the First Five-Year Plan

    a plan of rigourous economic growth for Russia
  • Italy is a Single-Party State

    Italy is a Single-Party State

    Mussolini and Fascism take over
  • French Prime Minister Poincaré Resigns

    French Prime Minister Poincaré Resigns

    Raymond Poincaré resigns; political turmoil ensues
  • Black Tuesday Stock Market Crash

    Black Tuesday Stock Market Crash

    the Great Depression follows
  • Stalin Starts "The Great Purges"

    Stalin Starts "The Great Purges"

    elimination of people who opposed Stalin &/or his ideologies
  • Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

    President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler to the position of Chancellor
  • FDR Begins First Term

    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"

    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

    Hindenburg Dies; Hitler becomes Der Fuhrer

    President Hindenburg dies and Hitler combines the presidency and chancellorship, taking the title of "Fuhrer"
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    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

    Italy Wins War in Ethiopia

    creates Italian East Africa
  • Spanish Civil War Begins

    Spanish Civil War Begins

    Nazi Germany supports the Spanish rebels
  • FDR Re-Elected

    FDR Re-Elected

    Roosevelt wins the Presidency by a landslide
  • Neville Chamberlain Appointed British Prime Minister

    Neville Chamberlain Appointed British Prime Minister

    he resigned 10 May 1940