Years of Crisis

First succesful flight

Jun 14, 1919

Two British piolets made the first successful flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland. I think this is important because air planes were just invented not too long ago at this time period and they successfully traveled. Which means that transporting people and goods will be easier.

Facist March to Rome

Oct 25, 1922

30,000 Fascists marched to Rome they demanded that they wanted King Victor put Mussolini in charge of the government. Then the King decided that Mussolini was the best hope for his dynasty to survive. Then after widespread violence and threatened uprising, he took power legally. He abolished democracy and outlawed all political parties except the Fascists and he outlawed strikes. I think this is important because a new leader came into power and changed a lot of big idea's around

Stock prices

Oct 21, 1929

Investors began to think that stock prices would go down, so they started selling their stocks. Hoping that prices would go down, but unfortunately they never did. I think this is important because stocks were very important back then and the stock prices were getting higher but everyone thought they would lower. So they decided to sell their stocks which was a bad idea.

Stock Crisis

Oct 24, 1929

The gradual lowering of stock prices had become an all-out slide downward. People started to panic. Everyone wanted to sell their stocks but no one wanted to buy. A record 16 million stocks were sold, then the market collapsed. I think this is important because this is the time where stocks finally crashed and it was a big deal to everyone and it’s a big part in history.

First presidental election

Nov 8, 1932

The first Presidential election had begun after the depression. Franklin D Roosevelt was the first president of the USA.

Job Crisis

Jul 17, 1933

1/4th of all Americans didn’t have any jobs. Many farmers lost their land because they had no money to pay their mortgage payments. I think this is important because without no job you don’t have any money coming into your name which means eventually you could lose your house and starve

Germany was not obeying to Hitler

Mar 7, 1935

The Fuhrer announced that Germany would not obey to Hitler’s want in undoing the Versailles Treaty.

Mussolini attacks Ethiopia

Oct 27, 1935

Mussolini ordered a massive invasion of Ethiopia. The Ethiopians were no match for the Italians airplanes, tanks, guns and poison gas. Nothing really changed from this battle. Britain still allowed Italian troops and their supplies pass through British controlled areas. This is important because this shows the type of people there was back then and that countries didn't care about one another.

Cars

Oct 21, 1937

Britain was producing over 511,000 cars by 1937

Nazi mobs attacked Jews

Nov 9, 1938

Nazi mobs attacked Jews in their homes and on the streets. They destroyed their homes, streets, and Jewish owned buildings. This rampage was called Kristallnacht. It signaled that the process of eliminating the Jews from the German life was beginning. This is important because I don’t think any person should get treated for their beliefs and it shows the type of world they lived in back then and also how people were accepted.