Dates: Test 9/15 Flashcards
(15 cards)
June 29, 1919
Treaty of Versailles signed; ending the war
November 11, 1918
WWII ended
1921
Russia’s civil war ends; the Bolsheviks won
January 1922
Washington, D.C.–the naval arms limitation is signed
January 1924
Joseph Stalin becomes leader of Soviet Union
1922 (in Italy)
Benito Mussolini establishes fascist government in Italy
October 1929
U.S. Stock market collapses
1931-1932
Japan begins its war of aggression
January 30, 1933 - Berlin
Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany
March 4, 1933
Franklin Roosevelt is sworn in as president of the U.S. During the depths of the Great Depression
1935 (Mussolini)
Mussolini and the Italians overran Ethiopia, the only free country in Africa
1935
Adolf Hitler announces that Germany is going to rebuild its military
1936
The German army reoccupies the Rhineland
1936-1939
Spain experienced a civil war
September 1940
The axis formalized their alliance