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The conference was a meeting of allied victors after WWI. This took place in Paris, and involved over 32 countries.
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The Germans were not happy with the conditions of the Treaty, so they protested against it.
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The treaty was signed by Britain, France, Italy, Japan, America, Belgium, Brazil, Bolivia, China, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Australia, New Zealand, and more.
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The League was set up as an international police force, but Germany was not allowed to join until they proved to be a peaceful country.
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Germany failed to pay in full its reparation payments in 1922, and in 1923 Belgium and France seized what they were owed in raw goods and materials.
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Unemployment averages 3.2% for the year.The crash started on October 24, and by October 29, stock prices plunged. About $30 billion in stock values vanished by mid-November.
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Over 3.2 millio people are unemployed, compared to the 1.5 million people that were unemployed before the stock crash.
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Congress passes this tariff. The intention behind the legislation was to increase the protection afforded domestic farmers against foreign agricultural imports. The tariff increase had insufficient impact on the American economy, yet plummets Europe further into crisis.
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Unemployment averages 16.3% for the year.
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Several hundred people broke into grocery stores and stole food. The riot is brought under control by about 100 police officers, and 7 people are arrested. During the month of February, roughly 6,024 Mexican Americans are deported, because they were being accused of stealing jobs. There is no specific day listed for this event.
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NY's Bank of the US collapses, and the bank had had over $200 million in deposites, which made it the biggest single bank failure in US history. This event does not have a specific day listed.
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Unemployment averages 24.1% for the year.
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3 thousand unemployed workers march in River Rouge, Michigan, on the Ford Motor Company's plant. Policeman and Ford's company guards besieged the workers, killing 4 and injuring many more.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, defeats President Herbert Hoover, a Republican.
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Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, Hitler appointed Hjalmar Schacht as President of the Reichsbank, and left Schacht with the directive to focus on rearming Germany.
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A concluding reimbursement of 59 million pounds ends Germany's WWI reparations after 92 years.
