The Interwar Years

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

The Treaty of Versailles was signed after WWI. It punished Germany in many ways

Warren G. Harding takes office

Mar 4, 1921

takes office during "roaring 20's" economic boom

Unemployment reaches 2.5 million in Britain

Jul 1, 1921

post war high

Russian Civil War ends

Oct 1, 1922

the civil war ends

David Lloyd George resigns

Oct 22, 1922

political turmoil occurs

Mussolini named Italian Premier

Oct 30, 1922

gradually erodes democracy

Vladmir Lenin dies, Stalin succceeds him

Jan 21, 1924

Lenin warned the people about Stalin

Dawes Plan

Aug 27, 1924

Designed to help Germany pay reparations

Stalin implements first "five year plan"

Oct 1, 1928

focused mostly on collectivization

Italy is one party state

Jan 1, 1929

becomes one party state, helps turmoil

Poincare resigns

Jul 1, 1929

political turmoil begins

Black Tuesday

Oct 24, 1929

sends US into Great Depression

Stalin starts great purges

Jan 1, 1933

people were killed if they had beliefs against Stalin

Roosevelts "New Deals"

Jan 1, 1933

sends US into the right economic direction

Hitler appointed Chancellor

Feb 10, 1933

Hitler gained a lot of power

Roosevelt begins first term

Mar 3, 1933

US is still suffering from Depression

Hindenburg dies; Hitler becomes "Der Fuhrer"

Aug 2, 1934

Hitler gains more power

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 2, 1935

Italy invades to get land in East Africa

Italy wins war in Ethiopia and creates Italian East Africa

May 1, 1936

Italy gets more land

Spanish Civil War begins

Jul 17, 1936

The Civil War begins

Roosevelt is re-elected

Nov 3, 1936

won second term in landslide victory

Neville Chamberlain appointed Prime Minister

May 28, 1937

He is appointed Prime Minister