Great Depression Flashcards
(28 cards)
Date
Event
1919
Japan does not achieve racial equality clause during Paris conferences
1919-1920
US Senate does not ratify the Versailles Treaty
1921-1922
Washington Naval Conference – Japan allowed more naval vessels; US cannot build bases in the Philippines
1922-1926
Mussolini establishes and fortifies fascist dictatorship in Italy
1923
French occupation of the Ruhr – not supported by Britain or US
1922
Treaty of Rapallo – Russia and Germany establish economic and military cooperation
1925
Locarno Treaties – Germany, France, and Belgium recognize each other’s borders
1925-1927
Return to international Gold Standard
1928
Kellogg-Briand Pact – symbolic outlawing of war
1929
Great Depression begins – US raises import taxes, recalls loans to Germany
1931
Britain leaves Gold Standard – experiences a housing and credit boom
1931
US does not intervene in Manchuria crisis
1931
Manchurian Crisis – Japan invades Manchuria, lack of strong international response
Early 1930s
Japan’s silk exports decline – 90% previously went to US
Early 1930s
Italy’s economy struggles pre-Depression, recovers fast, shifts to expansionism
1920s
Germany suffers hyperinflation
1929
US loan withdrawal causes German banking crisis
1932
1/3 of German population unemployed
1933
Hitler becomes Chancellor – uses rearmament to create jobs, blames Jews, socialists, and communists
1933
Roosevelt introduces New Deal
1933
Japan withdraws from the League of Nations
1933
Germany withdraws from the League of Nations
1933 onwards
Germany rearms – tolerated due to fear of Bolshevism
