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WWI began and the following year,Czar Nicholas took command of the Russian Army.
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The plan to kill Rasputin seemed simple,but it took a lot of work to finally kill him.
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Nichola tried to give up his throne and let his brother take over, but his brother refused.
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Lenin came out of exile and tried to take over the temporary government, but he was chased back into hiding.
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Lenin still led the split political party of the Russian Social-Democrat Labor party,and his party was soon moved in and took control of Russia.
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Lenin changed the name of his political party to the communist party.
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Lenin signed a treaty, taking Russia out of WWI.Later that year he had Czar Nicholas and his family killed.
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Lenin helped establish the United Soviet Socialists Republic, a communist country. He worked with Joseph Stalin.
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After Lenin died, everyone knew that Joseph Stalin would rule for many years to come.
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On "Black Tuesday" stock market prices start to drop and by the end of November markets lost 30 billion.-----It was a very diffult time in the U.S. Banks and Businesses closed,leaving millions of Americans without a job.
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President Hervert Hoover tells Americans that the economy will start to improve within the next 60 days.
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Hungry Americans smash grocery store windows,take food,and run away because they do not have any other way of getting food to eat.
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Many Americans did not think president Hoover did enough to help them and hope that Roosevelt will end the Depression.
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The Holocaust was a time of terror and death for Jews,and many other nationalities during World War 2.
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Adolph Hitler was named chancellor of Germany and hated Jews,he quickly implemented anti-Jewish police.
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Hitler called for death of those people considered to have a disability, they killed them with poisonous gases.
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Once Hitler had his rule firmly in place, he began invading nearby countries and taking rule of them.
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The U.S declares war on Japan and joins WWII. Also the war creates so much money and jobs for the econmy.When the U.S goes to war the Great Depression ends.------ Japn bombs American ships at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and thousands of people were killed in the attack.
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In late 1941, Hitler ordered thousands of Jews to be transported to work camps.
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Once Jews were in the work camps, the Nazi's began killing them in giant gas chambers.
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The Nazi's realized they were losing the war so they started evacuating the death camps and marched the prisoners to ther locations which became death marches.
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When it became clear he would not win the war, Hitler killed himself and his wife.
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The German army surrendered just a week after Adolph Hitler's death.
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The Nuremberg Trials were held to punish the people responsible for the Holocaust.
