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Treaty of Versailles
The peace Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919 by Germany and the Allied powers at the palace of Versailles. It ended WWI officially and made Germany pay for repairs and many other things. -
Warren Hordag
Warren takes office during economic boom in the United States -
unemployment reaches 2.5 million
unemployment rises between the end of WWI in 1918 and the start of WWII in 1939. it was a dominant issue in British society during the interwar years. -
Russian civil war ends
Bolsheviks triumphed -
David Lloyd George Resigns
David George wasa british politician present at the treaty of versailles. -
Mussolini named Italian power. Gradually erodes democracy
Founded the national Facist party. Facism places the good of the nation above everything, including individual needs and rights. -
Lenin dies, Stalin suceeds him
Stalin stregthened communism in Soviet Union. -
Dawes plan
The Dawes plan was formulated to take germany out of hyperinflation and return thier economy to some form of stability. -
Stalin brings up first five year plan
The plan turns the USSR into a an industrial and powerful country. -
Italy is a one party state
Mussolini's goverment wanted to control all aspects of life called totalitarianism. -
Black tuesday
The worst day in the stock market. On that day, investors sold off 16 million shares. -
Stalin starts whats known as the Greatn Purges
Stalin attacked opponents of his rule. He executed thousands of leaders, military officers and citizens. -
Hitler appointed chancellor
President Paul Von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler chancellor of Germany. -
Franklin D. Rosevelt becomes president during Great depression
Pushed foward a program known as the New deal. He believed goverment spending could help economy recovery. -
Franklin D. Rosevelt New Deals Program
Established public works programs that gave jobs to the unemployed and provided goverment money for welfare and other relief programs. created new rules to reform and protect the stock market and banking system. -
Hindenberg dies: Hitler becomes "Der Fuhrer"
After Hindenburg dies due to health reasons hitler comes to power. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Ethiopia was an easy target. It was located between two Italian Colonies and its military was ill equipped. -
Italy wins war in Ethiopia and creates an Italian east coast
The League of Nations took no real action to help Ethiopia. -
Spanish Civil War begins
Italy and Germany wanted an alliance with Spain. Political problems cause this war. -
Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister
He was a British conservative politician who served as prime minister from May 1937 to May1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy.
