Colby Geisinger 8-Y
3/28/11
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1932
1933
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November 8, 1932: Roosevelt
elected president of the
United States
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Feb 25, 1932: The German
state government of
Brunswick, in which the Nazi
Party participated, appointed
Adolph Hitler of Austria to a
minor administrative post this
month and on this day gave
him German citizenship. Hitler
was thus able to stand against
Hindenburg in the forthcoming Presidential election.
1935
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1934
January 30, 1933: Adolf
Hitler becomes Chancellor of
Germany
April 1, 1933: Nazi boycott of
Jewish-owned shops
October 14, 1933: Germany
quits League of Nations
League of Nations: an
international organization to
promote world peace and
cooperation that was created
by the Treaty of Versailles in
1919 and it ended in April
1946.
1936
September 15, 1935: German
Jews stripped of rights by
Nuremberg Race Laws
Mar 30, 1935: Britain and
Russia agreed on treaties
intended to curb the power of
the Reich
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Jan 11, 1934: The German
police raided the homes of
dissident clergy in Berlin.
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Apr 18, 1934: Hitler named
Joachim von Ribbentrop,
ambassador for disarmament
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Disarmament: the reduction
or limitation of the size,
equipment, armament, etc.,
of the army, navy, or air force
of a country.
1937
March 7, 1936: German
troops occupy the Rhineland
May 9, 1936: Mussolini's
Italian forces take Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini: Italian
dictator who worked with
Germany during WWII.
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Jan
, 6, 1937: The U.S. banned
the shipment of arms to wartorn Spain.
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Jan 20, 1937: President
Franklin Roosevelt was
inaugurated for a 2nd term.
He became the first chief
executive to be inaugurated
on Jan. 20 instead of March 4.
1938
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March 12-13, 1937: Germany announces Anschluss (union) with Austria
October 15, 1937: German troops occupy Sudetenland; Czech government resigns
November. 9-10, 1937: Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass
Kristallnacht: a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during
which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.