Chapter 17

  • Washington Conference Convenes

  • Ireland becomes independent country

  • Mussolini and Fascists take power in Italy

  • Claude McKay’s Harlem Shadows is published

  • France invades Ruhr

  • Teapot Dome scandal erupts

  • Hitler writes Mein Kampf

  • Vladimir Lenin dies

  • Congress passes National Origins Act

  • Scopes trial begins

  • British General Strike paralyzes British economy

  • Lindbergh completes first solo transatlantic flight

  • Stalin gains control of Soviet Union

  • Chiang Kai-shek becomes leader of China

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact signed