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Communist are defeated by Freikorps troops.
Communist revolutionaries attempt to seize control of Berlin but are defeated by Freikorps troops. -
Allies Win
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German republic is proclaimed
A German republic is proclaimed, under the leadership of Friedrich Ebert, after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II. -
World War I ends with German defeat.
Germany was defeated by France, America and Britain -
Hitler is discharged
Corporal Adolf Hitler is discharged from military hospital after recuperating from severe gas poisoning. -
formation of Freikorps
The formation of the first unit of Freikorps (ex-soldiers) near Hagen in western Germany. -
Irish Republican Army
A Anglo-Irish War was fought between Crown forces and the Irish Republican Army between January 1919 and June 1921. -
Self-Declsred Independence
A declaration of independence was ratified by Dáil Éireann, the self-declared Republic's parliament in January 1919. -
League of Nations founded.
The league of nations was created to create peace in the world. -
The signing of Treaty of Versailles
The big three who made up the treaty were David Lloyd George of great Britain he was a politician. Woodrow Wilson of the U.S.A. he was the president at the time and wnted the 14 points of peace. Georges Clemenceau of France was believing Germany should be Crippled and badly punished. -
US Steel Co. Strike
US Steel refused to meet with union reps. 300,000 workers went on strike. Scabs where hired as strikers where being beaten by Fedral Troops & Police. The strike was resolved in 1920 without union, but settled on 8 hour work days. -
Hitler joined DAP
Adolf Hitler, who had been sent by the German Army to spy on the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) DAP, decided that he liked the political ideas of the party and became a member. -
prohibtion
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NAZI party created
German Workers' Party (DAP) changed its name to National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDP) called the Nazi Party for short. During its first meeting a 25 point programme was announced -
The Birth of Ireland
Northern Ireland was created in 1920, and the Irish Free State -
Ireland gaisn Independence
Republic of Ireland gains independence -
Hitler is discharged
Adolf Hitler is formally discharged from the German military and is employed by the NSDAP. -
First Commercial Radio Stations in the US
One in Detroit & one in Pittsburg when on the air. (Intellectual) -
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Congress started it after pressure from nativists, limiting immigration from southern and eastern Europe. It was set up to control and restrict immigration. -
Hara Takashi
n 1918 Hara Takashi (1856-1921), a protégé of Saionji and a major influence in the prewar Seiyokai cabinets, had become the first commoner to serve as prime minister. -
Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist Party.
Hitler finally became the head of the Nazi party and controlled all its power. -
First Miss America Pagent
First Miss America Pagent held, there were two parts to the contest, a beauty contest and a personality contest. The winner of the beauty contest was the "Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America" and awarded the Golden Mermaid. Over one hundred thousand people came to the boardwalk to see who won. Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., she won both contests and won $100. (Social) -
Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch.
The Beer Hall Putsch is defeated by police and army units. Adolf Hitler, Ernst Rohm and others are arrested. -
Election of Calvin Coolidge
President Coolidge (R) won by a landslilde. He as a Repubican won all of New York City, which was a feat that has not yet been repeated. -
KKK Highest Membership
The KKK, after the Red Scare and the anti-immigrant attitudes reached a peak, the Klan had over 4.5 million members. -
Former President Woodrow Wilson Dies
After his term ended in March of 1921, he retired with his wife to Washington D.C. He died on the 3rd of February, almost exactly 3 years after the end of his term. He was buried two days latetr in Washington's National Catherdral, being the first president to be buried in the nation's capital. (Political) -
Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published.
It is a book about Hitler's youth, early days in the Nazi Party, future plans for Germany, and ideas on politics and race. -
First Feature Length Hollywood Film
First feature length Hollywood film with dialouge titled 'The Jazz Singer' directed by Alan Crosland was premiered. This half a million 'sound picture' made history silencing an end to silent movies. It was not the first sound movie, but it was the first feature length. Brought profits of a little more then $3.5 million. -
PEZ Invented
The name was derived from the beginning, middle, and end of the German word for peppermint. Created in Austira, later exported to the US and then worldwide. -
Model T Line Ended
Creator and founder, Henry Ford watched his line of the new and improved "Model T" line prosper, affordable to most people and a reliable form of transportation. After 19 years of production and selling more than 15 million cars, production of the Ford Model T ended on May 26, 1927 and was replaced by Model A. -
World Telephone
First call from America to London -
Future Farmers of America Created
Established in Kansas City, MO. First National Convention held, with 33 delegates from 18 states. Leslie Applegate selected first national president. -
Bubblegum Created
Accountant Walter E. Diemer of Fleer Chewing Gum, started his research. It was called Double Bubble & became veru popular. -
Election of Herbert Hoover
Election actually held on the 6th of November. Herbert Hoover (R), who promised booming economy & continual growth, was against Alfred Smith (D), who was a Roman-Catholic and faced many anti-Catholic predjudice. Hoover won again by a landslide because of the people wanting to continue the economic boom of the Coolidge years. -
Great Depression
Externally, Black Thursday (Wall Street crash) of October 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression in the world economy had a severe negative impact on the Japanese economy. -
Dustbowl
Over working the feilds and plowing in mid americia -
Central Committee
The November 1929 Plenum of the Central Committee decided to accelerate collectivization through force. -
Shipping Industry
For over a century the shipping industry had dominated world trade, but it remained in the doldrums despite various stimulus efforts by the government. With the very sharp decline in world trade after 1929, its condition became critical. -
Policy of Liquidation
The policy of liquidation of kulaks as a class—formulated by Stalin at the end of 1929—meant some executions, and even more deportation to special settlements and, sometimes, to forced labor camps. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression originated in the United States in late 1929 and quickly spread to the world. Britain had never experienced the boom that had characterized the US, Germany, Canada and Australia in the 1920s, so its bust appeared less severe -
Joachim Hossenfelder Joins the Nazi Party
Joachim Hossenfelder was born in 1899. In 1917, he volunteered for military service and fought at the battles of the Somme and Verdun. As a student of theology after the war, Hossenfelder was active in right wing Freikorps activities. He claimed in 1922 that the experiences at the front were the greatest and most powerful he ever had and that "To become warriors for God and fatherland was the task the war had set for us." -
Party Leadership Destroyed
By the summer of 1929 the party leadership had been virtually destroyed -
Wall Street Crash
The United States helped support the Weimar Republic with loans from the Dawes Plan in 1924 and the Young Plan in 1929. After the Wall Street Crash, the U.S. gave Germany 90 days to start to re-payment. Eventually, the impact of the crash forced many German companies into bankruptcy and cost millions of workers their jobs. -
Black Tuesday- Stock Market Crashes
Biggest lead up to the Great Depression, the market began to crash on the 24th, but the major crash was on the 29th. (Economic) -
Mickey Mouse First Appears
Mickey Mouse appears in his first ever cartoon. His first movie was Steamboat Willie. -
Germany Elect Nazis
- Nazi Elections -Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany. - On election day September 14, 1930, the Nazis received 6,371,000 votes, over eighteen percent of the total, and were thus entitled to 107 seats in the German Reichstag. It was a stunning victory for Hitler. Overnight, the Nazi party went from the smallest to the second largest party in Germany.
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1931 Japanese conquered Manchuria
Manchuria -
Politics
From 1931 to 1937, Japanese politics was gradually overtaken by the military. -
economic downturn
Japan experienced the deepest economic downturn in modern history during 1930-32. -
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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Hitler Appointed Chancellor
Hitler appointed Reichskanzler (Chancellor). -
The German Reichstag burns.
The Reichstag building, seat of the German government, burns after being set on fire by Nazis. This enabled Adolf Hitler to seize power under the pretext of protecting the nation from threats to its security -
First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin.
Nazi SA guards oversee prisoners who are carrying a tub near the entrance to the Oranienburg concentration camp in 1933. The SA was eventually replaced by Himmler's SS as the concentration camp system expanded to house an ever increasing number of political opponents and Jews -
Germany quits the League of Nations
Germany quits the League of Nations leaving them weaker than before and still knows a lot about their plans. -
21st Amendment Ratified
21st amendment ratified, repealing the 18th amendment. Lifting the ban on sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol. -
Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.
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The Nazi "Night of the Long Knives."
The Night of the Long Knives, in June 1934, saw the wiping out of the SA's leadership and others who had angered Hitler in the recent past in Nazi Germany. After this date, the SS lead by Heinrich Himmler was to become far more powerful in Nazi Germany. -
Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss.
Dollfuss soon outlawed the Austrian Nazi Party, however, it continued to operate illegally. On July 25, 1934, Austrian Nazis occupied the Parliament building and murdered Dollfuss. Dollfuss' successor, Kurt von Schuschnigg, was pressured by the Germans into making 12 concessions -
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
On March 7th 1936 German troops marched into the Rhineland. This action was directly against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. It was Hitler's first illegal act in foreign relations since coming to power in 1933 and it threw the European allies, especially France and Britain, into confusion -
Geramny invades Poland
Poland was being invaded by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent.
