Inter-War Period (1918-1939) (btw WW1 & WW2)

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    1880's

    Freidrich Nietzche writes that ideas such as reason, democracy and progress have limited peoples' creativity and action
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    Ethiopians successfully resist an Italian invasion

  • Guglielmo Marconi conducts his first successful experiments with the radio

    Guglielmo Marconi conducts his first successful experiments with the radio

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    20th century

    Ideas of Einstein and Freud have enormous impact on everyone
  • Einstein creates theory of relativity

    Einstein creates theory of relativity

  • cubism is established as an art technique by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso

    cubism is established as an art technique by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso

    cubism is established as an art technique by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso
  • Women march in a suffrage parade, helping them to gain voting rights

    Women march in a suffrage parade, helping them to gain voting rights

  • British factories produce 34,000 automobiles

    British factories produce 34,000 automobiles

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    Europe's last rulers have been overthrown

  • the Bolshevik Revolution takes place

    the Bolshevik Revolution takes place

  • 24% of US Homes have electricity

    24% of US Homes have electricity

  • Irish poet, William Butler Yeats writes "The Second Coming"

    Irish poet, William Butler Yeats writes "The Second Coming"

    Irish poet, William Butler Yeats writes "The Second Coming"
  • The Paris Peace Conference is held

    The Paris Peace Conference is held

  • Hitler joins a tine right-wing political group

    Hitler joins a tine right-wing political group

  • Military Forces and wealthy land owners join to make Admiral Miklos Horthy the 1st European post-war dictator

    Military Forces and wealthy land owners join to make Admiral Miklos Horthy the 1st European post-war dictator

  • First radio station, KDKA is established in Pittsburgh, PA

    First radio station, KDKA is established in Pittsburgh, PA

  • Ad promises benefits from using a vaccuum

    Ad promises benefits from using a vaccuum

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    1920's Many American writers, musicians, and painters leave the US to live in Europe

    Many American writers, musicians, and painters leave the US to live in Europe
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    1920's

    Sigmund Freud's ideas have influenced many around the globe
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    1920-1930

    Friedrich Nietzsche's words have tremendous impacts on Italy and Germany
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    Airlienes are established

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    1920's: Japan becomes militaristic

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    Motion pictures are a major industry

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    1920's: Japan's goverment becomes more democratic

  • T.S. Elliot writes that Western Society had lost its spiritual values

    T.S. Elliot writes that Western Society had lost its spiritual values

  • Irish author, James Joyce receives widespread attention for his novel "Ulysses"

    Irish author, James Joyce receives widespread attention for his novel "Ulysses"

  • Japan signs an international treaty agreeing to respect China's borders

    Japan signs an international treaty agreeing to respect China's borders

  • HItler and the Nazis plot to seize power in Munich

    HItler and the Nazis plot to seize power in Munich

  • HItler leaves prison

    HItler leaves prison

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    Mid-1920's: Hitler was a little-known political leader

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    Benito Mussolini is one of many totalitarian leaders to rise to power in the 20th century (Italy)

  • Czech author, Franz Kafka, publishes "The Trial"

    Czech author, Franz Kafka, publishes "The Trial"

  • 1925: F. Scott Fitzgerald writes "The Great Gatsby"

    1925: F. Scott Fitzgerald writes "The Great Gatsby"

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    Late 1920's: European nations are re-building war-torn economies

  • Czech author, Franz Kafka publishes "The Castle"

    Czech author, Franz Kafka publishes "The Castle"

  • In Poland, Marshall Jozef Pilsudski seizes power

    In Poland, Marshall Jozef Pilsudski seizes power

  • Charles Lindbergh flies 33-hour solo flight from New York to Paris

    Charles Lindbergh flies 33-hour solo flight from New York to Paris

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    Late 1920's: Sound is added to silent movies

  • Stalin's plans call for a command economy

    Stalin's plans call for a command economy

  • Stalin's government begins to seize 25+ million privately owned farms in the USSR

    Stalin's government begins to seize 25+ million privately owned farms in the USSR

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    indusrial production of steel increased more than 25 percent

  • Japan signs the Kellogg-Briand Pact

    Japan signs the Kellogg-Briand Pact

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    Joseph Stalin is one of many totalitarian leaders to rise to power in the 20th century (Soviet Union)

  • The Great Depression strikes

    The Great Depression strikes

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    Asian farmers and urban workers suffer as the value of exports fall by half

  • editorial in the Communist Party newspaper Pravda explains the purpose of art: "Literature, the cinema, the arts are levers in the hands of the proletariat which must be used to show the masses positive models of initiative and heroic labor."

    editorial in the Communist Party newspaper Pravda explains the purpose of art: "Literature, the cinema, the arts are levers in the hands of the proletariat which must be used to show the masses positive models of initiative and heroic labor."

  • 70% of US Homes have electricity

    70% of US Homes have electricity

  • France is still very agricultural and less dependent on foreign trade

    France is still very agricultural and less dependent on foreign trade

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    1930's: Britain and France repeatedly make concessions

  • Salvador Dali paints his piece, "The Persistence of Memory"

    Salvador Dali paints his piece, "The Persistence of Memory"

    Salvador Dali paints his piece, "The Persistence of Memory"
  • Japanese army seizes Manchuria

    Japanese army seizes Manchuria

  • Spain has been a monarchy

    Spain has been a monarchy

  • Amelia Earhart becomes the first women to fly solo across the Atlantic

    Amelia Earhart becomes the first women to fly solo across the Atlantic

  • US voters elect FDR as president

    US voters elect FDR as president

  • The Nazis have become the largest political party

    The Nazis have become the largest political party

  • General Erich Ludendorff writes a letter to President Hindenburg

    General Erich Ludendorff writes a letter to President Hindenburg

  • FDR seeks to restore Americans faith in their nation

    FDR seeks to restore Americans faith in their nation

  • Stalin launches a second Five Year Plan, which was equally as successful as the first Five Year Plan

    Stalin launches a second Five Year Plan, which was equally as successful as the first Five Year Plan

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    Adolf Hitler is one of multiple totalitarian leaders to rise to power in the 20th century (Germany)

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    Stalin's second Five-Year Plan produces almost twice the wheat than the first Five-Year Plan, before collective farming

  • The early washing machine is photographed

    The early washing machine is photographed

  • The electric coffee pot is photographed

    The electric coffee pot is photographed

  • Nazis pass laws depriving Jews of most of their rights

    Nazis pass laws depriving Jews of most of their rights

  • Japan withdraws itself from the League of Nations

    Japan withdraws itself from the League of Nations

  • 30,000 Fascists march on Rome

    30,000 Fascists march on Rome

  • Stalin turns against members of the Communist Party

    Stalin turns against members of the Communist Party

  • The SS arrest and murder hundreds of Hitler's enemies

    The SS arrest and murder hundreds of Hitler's enemies

  • The number of unemployed in Germany drops from around 6 million to 1.5 million

    The number of unemployed in Germany drops from around 6 million to 1.5 million

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    Mid-1930's: Germany and Italy seem bent on military conquest

  • Congress passes three nuetrality acts

    Congress passes three nuetrality acts

  • One million French are unemployed and governments form and fall

    One million French are unemployed and governments form and fall

  • Mussolini orders massive invasion of Ethiopia

    Mussolini orders massive invasion of Ethiopia

  • Hitler announces that Germany won't obey restrictions set forth by the League of Nations

    Hitler announces that Germany won't obey restrictions set forth by the League of Nations

  • German troops move into Rhineland

    German troops move into Rhineland

  • Army leaders join General Fransisco Franco in a revolt

    Army leaders join General Fransisco Franco in a revolt

  • Hitler and Mussolini reach an agreement knows as the Rome-Berlin Axis

    Hitler and Mussolini reach an agreement knows as the Rome-Berlin Axis

  • Stalin launches the Great Purge to eliminate any who threaten his power

    Stalin launches the Great Purge to eliminate any who threaten his power

  • British are producing 511,000 autos a year

    British are producing 511,000 autos a year

  • Unemployment has been cut in half and productions is better than it was in 1929

    Unemployment has been cut in half and productions is better than it was in 1929

  • Japan conquers Beijing, Nanjinh and other northern cities

    Japan conquers Beijing, Nanjinh and other northern cities

  • Franco's German allies bomb Guernica

    Franco's German allies bomb Guernica

  • Hitler announces that he plans on absorbing Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich

    Hitler announces that he plans on absorbing Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich

  • the Great Purge ends

    the Great Purge ends

  • more than 90% of all peasants lived on collective farms

    more than 90% of all peasants lived on collective farms

  • Hitler sends his army into Austria and annexes it

    Hitler sends his army into Austria and annexes it

  • HItler demands that the Sudentenland be given to Germany

    HItler demands that the Sudentenland be given to Germany

  • The Munich conference is held

    The Munich conference is held

  • Nazi mobs attach Jews in their homes and on the streets. They destroy thousands of Jewish owned buildings. This is known as Kristallnacht

    Nazi mobs attach Jews in their homes and on the streets. They destroy thousands of Jewish owned buildings. This is known as Kristallnacht

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    Early 1939: Republican resistance collapses in Spain

  • HItler and Stalin publicly pledge never to attack one another

    HItler and Stalin publicly pledge never to attack one another

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    Kim IL Sung is one of many totalitarian leaders to rise to power in the 20th century (North Korea)

  • George Orwell publishes his novel "1984," illustrating the horrors of totalitarian government

    George Orwell publishes his novel "1984," illustrating the horrors of totalitarian government

  • women made up about 75% of Soviet doctors

    women made up about 75% of Soviet doctors

  • Only one democracy, Czechosloakia, remains in Eastern Europe

    Only one democracy, Czechosloakia, remains in Eastern Europe

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    Saddam Hussein is one of many totalitarian leaders to rise to power in the 20th century (Iraq)