Interwar Years

  • Treaty of Versailles is signed

    Treaty of Versailles is signed
    Treaty that ended World War I, which was mostly focused on punishing Germany.
  • Warren G harding takes office

    Warren G harding takes office
    Warren takes office in United states during the roaring 70's boom.
  • Unemployment reaches 2.5 million

    Unemployment reaches 2.5 million
    This is the post war high.
  • Russian Revolution ends.

    Russian Revolution ends.
    The russian revolution comes to an end.
  • David Lloyd George resign.

    David Lloyd George resign.
    David Lloyd George resigned as prime minister of Britain and never served in government again.
  • Mussolini named Italian premier gradually erodes democracy

    Mussolini named Italian premier gradually erodes democracy
    Benito Mussolini Named Italian Premier, continues on to gradually erode democracy.
  • Lenin dies.

    Lenin dies.
    Lenin,the first leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54
  • Dawes Plan.

    Dawes Plan.
    Was an attempt to solve the repration problems, which had troubled international politics after World War I.
  • Black tuesday

    Black tuesday
    The day the stock market crashed.
  • Five Year Plans

    Five Year Plans
    The Five year plans were a series of nation-wide centralized economic plans in the Soviet Union, created by Joseph Stalin.
  • Italy becomes 1 party state

    Italy becomes 1 party state
  • Poincare resigns

    Poincare resigns
    Poincare, French statesman who served five times as Prime Minister, and as President from 1913 to 1920
  • Hitler is appointed Chancellor

    Hitler is appointed Chancellor
    Adolf Hitler is Appointed Chancellor of Germany, Which at the time the chancellor of Germany was the Head of the German Government.
  • Roosevelt begins first term.

    Roosevelt begins first term.
    Roosevelt begins his first term as president of the U.S.A, during the great depression.
  • Great Purge.

    Great Purge.
    The Great Purge was a series of repressive measures in the Soviet Union, from 1933-1934.
  • Roosevelt gets the u.s economy going in the right direction again.

    Roosevelt gets the u.s economy going in the right direction again.
    From 1933-1936, Roosevelt's "new deals" are what turn the u.s's economic direction around.
  • Hindenburg dies, Hitler becomes "Der Fuhrer"

    Hindenburg dies, Hitler becomes "Der Fuhrer"
    Hindenburg, who was the president of germany, died. Which then gave Hitler the chance to make himself the leader/ president of Germany.
  • Italy invades Ethopia

    Italy invades Ethopia
    The Italians had claimed Ethiopia as their territory. In 1935, the Italians fought against poorly-armed Ethiopian troops.
  • Italy wins war in Ethopia

    Italy wins war in Ethopia
    Italy wins the war in Ethopia and creates Italian east Africa.
  • Roosevelt is relected for a second term

    Roosevelt is relected for a second term
    Roosevelt is relected for a second term as u.s president. He wins by a land slide.
  • Neville Chamberalin appointed prime minister.

    Neville Chamberalin appointed prime minister.
    Neville Chamberlain, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Britian from May 1937 to May 1940
  • Spanish Civil War begins.

    Spanish Civil War begins.
    Lasted from 1937-1939.