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Emily Diecks Chaoter 24 Timeline
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The Japanese Army invades Manchuria – [“Manchurian Incident”].
In 1930, Congress passed the Hawley-Smoot to protect American industries from competitors in other countries. In response, other nations raised their tariff walls against all American goods. -
General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces take control of Madrid (Spain), where he rules until his death in 1975.
The Genearl took his troops and took over the country when they didn't see him coming. A couple of years later, America helped the Ethiopians run him out of power in their country. This then helped him to gain control. -
Mussolini (Italy) conquers Ethiopia
Congress did not want international involvement so they passed a series of Neutrality Acts. In 1935, banned the United States from providing weapons to nations at war. The second, in 1936, banned loans to such nations. The third, in 1937, stopped trade with fighting nations just as long as those nations paid cash and transported cargo themselves. -
Britain’s Neville Chamberlain and Hitler meet at the Munich Conference.
After Hitler had taken back some of the land that Germany had lost in the treaty of Versailles, Chamberlin was faced with the difficult decision of letting Hitler get away with this or not and possibly sending Britain to another war. -
• Hitler (Germany) invades Poland, beginning WWII.
When Hitler invaded the whole country it took Poland less than a month for him an his Nazi troops to take control for the whole country. He used the new tequnice. First planes bombed Poland then tanks took over. Finally ground troops were sent in.