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1918-1939
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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles is signed and revolutionary outbreaks take place across Europe.
(This image is of German delegates in Versailles: Professor Walther Schücking, Reichspostminister Johannes Giesberts, Justice Minister Otto Landsberg, Foreign Minister Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Prussian State President Robert Leinert, and financial advisor Carl Melchior.) -
The Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War.
The Russian Civil War was a Civil War from November 1917 until October 1922 between several groups in Russia. The main fighting was between the Red Army and the White Army.
(This image is of Leon Trotsky adressing Red Army Soldiers.) -
Hitler attempts to seize power in Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch.
(This is an image of Adolf Hitler at the time of the Munich Putsch.) -
Almost one in five people in the US own a car.
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The Great Depression Begins
The Great Depression was the great economic crisis that started after the US stock market crash in1929.
(This is an image of a protest, focusing on a little boy with a sign saying 'Why can't you give my dad a job?' His family is suffering from the effects of the Great Depression.) -
Unemployment reaches its peak in the worst year of the Great Depression.
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Hitler and the Nazis gain power in Germany.
Germany and Japan leave the league of nations. -
The Spanish Civil War begins.
The Spanish civil war was a war in which Spanish General Francisco Franco and his troops successsfully took control of Spain.
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Japan invades China.
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World War II begins when Germany invades Poland.
(This is an image of German soldiers marching to invade Poland.)
