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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was signed by all the participants in World War I. Most of the Treaty's terms punished Germany. -
Warren G. Harding takes office as the President of The United States
Harding was the 29th President of the United States and served from 1921 until his death from a heart attack in 1923. -
Unemployment in Britain reaches a post-war high
As of July 1921, 2.5 million people were unemployed and out of work because of Britain's crippled economy. -
Russian Civil War ends
The Civil War was ended by the Treaty of Riga, placing about 10 million Ukranians and White Russians under Polish rule. Within Russia, Lenin's communist government was now secure. -
British PM, David Lloyd George, resigns
After the British Prime Minister's resignation, political turmoil in the British government ensues. -
Mussolini is named premier of Italy
As dictator of Italy, he established a repressive fascist regime that valued nationalism, militarism, anti-liberalism, and anti-communism combined with strict censorship and state propaganda. -
Vladimir Lenin dies
After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin promoted himself as Lenin's political heir and began to outmaneuver his rivals. By the late 1920's, Stalin became the dictator of Russia. -
Dawes Plan
The American plan to refinance Germany so the reparations it had to pay were less expensive and afordable, but it would also take longer for Germany to pay off all the reparations. -
Stalin implements the first 5-year plan
Stalin designed a series of five-year plans in order to bring Russia up to pace with other western countries. -
Italy becomes a one-party state
A one-party state is a type of state in which a single political party forms the government. Italy was a facist state under Mussolini's control. -
Raymond Poincare resigns as France's PM
As PM, Poincare successfully stabilized the franc. He resigned through ill-health in 1929. His last years, in which he wrote voluminous memoirs, were clouded by the resurgence of German militarism. He died in 1934. -
Stock market crash on Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the most devastating stock market crash in the United States which caused the Great Depression. -
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New Deals turn economic situation around in America
The New Deals involved a massive public work program and was complimented by the large-scale granting of loans. It succeded by reducing unemployment between 7 and 10 million. -
Adolf Hitler appointed chancellor
Hitler's political party in the German parliament, the Nazis, make up the majority of the parliament so they nominate their own leader of their party, Adolf Hitler, to be chancellor. -
FDR takes office as the President of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform. During his re-election he was re-elected by a big margin in 1936. -
Hitler becomes "Der Fuhrer" of Germany
Paul Von Hindenburg, the president of Germany, dies and Hitler who is the chancellor of Germany, takes over and becomes the Fuhrer of Germany. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia as a result of Mussolini's rise to power. Mussolini invaded Ethiopia because he wanted to form a Second Roman Empire and also because Ethiopia had defeated Italy years earlier so retribution was on his mind. -
Italy wins in Ethiopia and creates Italian East Africa
Italian East Africa was a short lived Italian colony consisting of Ethiopia and the established colonies of Italian Somaliland and Italian Eritrea. -
Spanish Civil War begins
After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the leaders of the uprising asked Germany for help. Hitler agreed to support the rebellion because a Nationalist victory would give him an important ally in his struggle with Britain and France. -
FDR re-elected as President of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt won his second term as president in a landside. During his second term, he declared war on the the Axis powers after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. -
Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister of Britain
Chamberlain was British prime minister between 1937 and 1940 after resigning in May 1940, after the disastrous Norwegian campaign. Winston Churchill became prime minister after Chamberlain.
