Roots to world war 2 By sonic12436 Period: Jan 1, 1918 to Oct 29, 1929 the roaring twenties Jun 28, 1919 treaty of versailles signed to end WW1 Aug 18, 1920 19th amendment grants U.S women the right to vote Apr 3, 1922 Stalin becomes leader of soviet union Jul 18, 1925 Hitler writes Mein Kampf Dec 24, 1925 Mussolini becomes leader of Italy Aug 27, 1928 Kellogg-Briand pact signed to outlaw way Oct 24, 1929 Stock market crash Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Jan 1, 1941 The great depression in U.S Period: Sep 19, 1931 to Feb 27, 1932 Japan invades Manchuria Jan 30, 1933 Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany Mar 4, 1933 Roosevelt takes office & new deal starts Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Dec 31, 1936 New deal Mar 16, 1935 Germany begins re-arming in violation of the treaty of versailles Aug 31, 1935 U.S passes 1st neutrality act Sep 15, 1935 Nuremburg laws passed Period: Oct 1, 1935 to Mar 1, 1936 Italy annexes Ethiopia Mar 7, 1936 Germany re-militarizes the Rhineland Period: Jul 17, 1936 to Apr 1, 1939 Spanish civil war Oct 21, 1936 Rome-Berlin axis treaty signed Mar 4, 1937 FDR elected as president for the 2nd time Period: Jul 7, 1937 to Sep 2, 1945 Japan invades China Mar 12, 1938 Anschluss (Germany annexes Austria) Mar 28, 1938 Germany annexes Czechoslovakia Sep 30, 1938 Munich conference gives Hitler control of the Sudetenland Oct 21, 1938 Germany annexes the Sudetenland Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Apr 7, 1939 Italy annexes Albania Aug 14, 1939 Soviet-Germany nonaggression pact signed Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Sep 21, 1939 U.S enacts “cash & carry plan” Sep 2, 1940 U.S makes destroyer deal with Great Britain Mar 11, 1941 Lend-lease act passed by the U.S