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The Treaty of Versailles is signed, officially ending WWI
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The stock market crash sends the US into the Great Depression.
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Warren G. Harding takes office in the United States during the "roaring 20's" economic boom.
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Job unemployment in Britain reaches 2.5 million.
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The Russian civil war ends after five years.
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David Lloyd George resigns as Prime Minister of Britain.
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Benito Mussolini is named Italian Premier.
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Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik party dies, and is succeeded by Josef Stalin.
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The US enacts the Dawes plan, to help Germany pay its reperations.
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Josef Stalin implements the first of his 5-year plans to industrialize Russia.
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Italy becomes a facist state under Mussolini's control.
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Raymond Poincare resigns as Prime Minister of France, and political turmoil ensues.
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From 1933-1944 Josef Stalin used the Great Purges to kill anyone who was accused of opposing him.
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From 1933-1936, FDR's "new deals" get the US heading in the right economic direction.
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Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany
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Franklin D. Roosevelt begins his first term as President, with the US still suffering from the Great Depression.
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The President of Germany, Paul Von Hindenburg, dies, and Hitler is appointed "De Fuhrer."
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Italy invaded Ethiopia because Benito Mussolini wanted to expand Italian territory.
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Italy wins the war against Ethiopia and creates Italian East Africa.
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The Spanish civil war begins, which Germany participates in.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected for his second term as President of the United States.
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Neville Chambers is appointed the Prime Minister of Britain.
