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Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty Of Versailles marked the end of World War 1. It punished Germany by placing sanctions on it and also by making them pay the UK in order to pay off the wartime damages. However, it sent Germany into massive amounts of debt and caused many problems in the country, but at least the war was over. -
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Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a time of great prosperity. The stock market was soaring so many people had money to spend. This coupled with new inventions such as the television and mass production of cars created an eruption of happiness and culture. -
Election of 1920
The republican nominee for the 1920 election was Warren G. Harding, while the democrats had nominated James M. Cox. Harding had ended up winning the election, but sadly died in 1923 just three years into his presidency. -
Election of 1928
Towards the end of what was known as the roaring twenties, there was another presidential election. The republican nominee Herbert Hoover had won the election as the previous president Calvin Coolidge chose not to run again for office. -
Election of 1924
After president Harding's death in 1923 then VP Calvin Coolidge had taken office to finish out the term. Then during the election of 1924, he had ultimately won. This is partly due to the split that was created in the democratic party. -
Black Tuesday
This is a day that will forever live on in infamy. This was the fateful day that the prices of stocks had plummeted, which caused the New York Stock Exchange to crash. Ultimately it led to the Great Depression. -
Election of 1932
FDR was elected president. He had beaten out the Republican nominee and previous president Herbert Hoover. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in our history. It all began with wall street crashing, which in turn caused widespread panic and wiped out millions of investors and left many people jobless. -
Hitler's Rise To Power
Hitler after WWI had quickly risen up through the ranks in the German government. Soon after he had campaigned to become the new chancellor. He had promised to return Germany to its former glory and was able to captivate the German population because at this time due to the many sanctions placed on Germany through the ratification of the Treaty Of Versailles, Germany was having major economy struggles. -
The New Deal
By the time that FDR had taken office, the U.S. economy was destroyed, nearly one in every four people were unemployed. In an effort to quickly provide relief, FDR passed a series of acts which created jobs. The New Deal had created programs such as the FDIC, SSA, PWA, NIRA, and FHA. -
The Nazi
Once Hitler had become chancellor, he had taken Germany out of the League of Nations. He had also started to rearm Germany which was in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Then he had started to invade Poland and the Holocaust began. All of this had eventually led to WWII -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the mass genocide of the Jews and anyone who was deemed to be not good enough for society by Hitler. Millions of innocent women, children, and men were killed by the Nazi regime during WWII. -
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WWII
In 1939, WWII begins in Europe with the German invasion of Poland and Austria-Hungary. -
Election of 1940
As the United States was coming out of the Great Depression, it was time for another presidential election to occur. And again in another landslide victory, FDR and the Democrats had won again. This was the first time that anyone had been elected to serve a thrid term as president. -
Attack On Pearl Harbor
The Japenese had bombed Pearl Harbor, a naval base in Hawaii. This had caused America to officially declare war against the axis powers and join WWII on the side of the allies. -
Election of 1936
The election of 1936 ended with a landslide victory for the Democrats with their nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt winning his first of four elections
