1. WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS

4. GER unable to pay

5. FR occupies Ruhr Valley (mines/factories)

9. “France and Germany Ban War Forever”

10. 1926 GER joined League of Nations

11. Kellogg-Brand Pact – 63 nations “renounce war as an instrument of national policy” - however nations kept their large military forces

12. Kellogg-Briand Pact

15. 2- U.S. stock market - Boom to Bust!

17. U.S. Investor withdrew $$ which weakened EU banks, industrial production declined, & unemployment rose. In a single day, thirty billion dollars vanished into thin air. Cynical New York hotel clerks asked incoming guests, "You want a room for sleeping or jumping?"

22. Serious economic problems - inflation

23. Rise of extremist parties

24. The head of state position in Germany at the time was basically shared by the Chancellor, and the President. The President of the Weimar Republic Paul von Hindenburg had been a German Military leader. It was Hindenburg who appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. The two did not alway share an amiable relationship, but at Hindenburg's death (1934), he gave his "blessing" to Hitler, who consolidated the two offices of Chancellor and President into one.

26. Capitalism must be “saved”

28. Welfare system