Years of Crisis- 1919 to 1939- jake towarnicki

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    years of crisis

  • First meeting of the League of Nations

    They met with a goal of world peace at the conclusion of ww1. I think this is an important event because this was a meeting between most of the major powers int the world in order to gain peace.
  • First robot built

  • Lindbergh flies from NY to Paris

  • U.S, Great Depression

    Stock martket crashed,1/4 of Americans had no jobs. This is important because during this time many people hasd no jobs and our economy was in trouble.
  • Civil War in China

    The chinese nationalists and communists are having a civil war. Nationalists surrounded teh communists, which caused them to begin the 6,000 mile long march to esacpe. The war was suspended becuase japan took advantage of China's current struggle, so China stopped the wat to fight the Japanese. This is important because china was aslo dealing with a communist uprising similar to Russia, which shows how ideas can spread from one counrtry to another and bring change.
  • Hitler named Chancelor of Germany

    Hitler named Chancelor of Germany
    Hitler was named the chancelor of Germany, this is important because this will lead to hitler taking over germany with the nazi part and then invading other countries, and will lead to the holocaust and ww2.
  • Spanish Civil War begins

    The war was fought between the nationalists and the republicans. In the end the Nationalists won. This is important because during the war nearly 1 million were killed in the fighting,
  • Cars become more prevelant

    At this time britian began producing more cars ,This leads to more industry, more business, more travel, and a new market for trade
  • Great Purge in Russia

    Lead by Joseph Stalin, killed 8 - 13 million people during the Russian revolution. This is imporant because durin this time Russia was becoming a communist nation
  • Ballpoint pen invented