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Women Gained the Right to Vote
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Vladmir Lenin dies
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Discovery of Penicillin
Discovered in London, the bacteriologist Alexander Fleming was a worker at St. Mary's hospital. He had learned many things about what Penicillin was. Penicillin was a pill people would take for pain. -
Stock market Crashes
When Black Tuesday hit the market. Lots of shares got traded and they also lost billions of dollars because of what the stock market had become. -
The Great Depression
Long business slump by the stock market crash. Unemployment raised, slowed industrial production, lower production and wages. Heavy borrowing by European nations from the US during and after World War one contributed to instability in European economies. America stopped investing in Europe. This lead to a loss of confidence that economies were adjusting to. Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany's bad economy. -
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor
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Luftwaffe
Was a aerial warfare branch of the combined German military forces during World War One. They had been disbanded in May 1920 as a result of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles which stated that Germany was forbidden to have an air force. -
Neutrailty Act
In the 1930's US government enacted some laws that we designed to prevent the United States from being involved in war that they didn't want to be in. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Mussolini Conference
When the leader (Benito Mussolini) invited Italy, Germany, France, and Britain, and left out Russia to discuss Germany's aggression and how to keep peace between all of them.
