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Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles is signed -
Warren G. Harding takes office
Economic boom nicknamed "roaring 20s" -
Russian Civil War ends
Russian Civil War ends -
Britain's David Lloyd George resigns
Political turmoil ensues -
Benito Mussolini becomes Italian premier
He slowly erodes democracy in Italy -
Lenin dies
Stalin succeds him -
Dawes Plan
The Dawes Plan was created to stabalize Germany's economy. -
Stalin launches first Five-Year Plan
Beginning of his Five-Year Plans to rapidly industrialize Russia -
Italy is a single party state
Italy is a single party state -
Unemployment in Britain reaches 2.5 million
This was the highest it had ever been after war -
Raymond Poincare resigns
France's Poincare retires from office in 1929 -
Black Tuesday stock market crash
This crash sends the United States into depression -
Stalin starts "Great Purges"
Continues on until 1944 -
Roosevelt's "New Deals" get U.S. headed in right direction
Roosevelt's "New Deals" get U.S. headed in right direction from 1933 to 1936 -
Hitler appointed chancellor
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany -
Roosevelt begins his first term
The U.S. is still suffering from Great Depression -
Hindenburg dies
Hindenburg is dead. And Hitler becomes Der Fuhrer -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia -
Italy wins war in Ethiopia
As a result, Italy creates Italian East Africa -
Spanish Civil War begins
Spanish Civil War begins -
Roosevelt reelected
Roosevelt reelected by a landslide -
Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister in Britain