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Warren G. Harding becomes 29th President
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Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th President of the U.S. after Hardings death
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successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay. It ended a crisis in European diplomacy following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles.
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limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota.
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The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany.
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Presidential election between Hoover and Al Smith
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a collapse of stock prices that began on Oct. 29, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped 24.8%, marking one of the worst declines in U.S. history. It destroyed confidence in Wall Street markets and led to the Great Depression.
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The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.
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Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st U.S. President
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a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies
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Presidential election between Herbert Hoover and F.D.R
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First concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government
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Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the U.S.
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The 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment of January 16, 1919, ending the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
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Hitler gains complete control over Germany
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Second Word War. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
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the world's first practical helicopter took flight at Stratford, Connecticut.
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a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II
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largest concentration camp that killed over 1.1 million jews
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known as the Fall of France. German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War
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a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
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Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This made the U.S. enter into WW II. killed more than 2,300 Americans.
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The U.S. enter WW II after the attack on Pearl Harbor
