1920-1940 : the twentieth century, Sharon M. Himsl, book editor

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1920-1940 : the twentieth century, Sharon M. Himsl, book editor

Title remainder

the twentieth century

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Sharon M. Himsl, book editor

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• 1920-1940 : the twentieth century

Publication

• San Diego Calif., Greenhaven Press, c2004

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index

Contents

Event 1: The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified; August 18, 1920 -- Event 2: The First General Assembly of the League of Nations; November 15, 1920 -- Event 3: Benito Mussolini's march on Rome; October 21, 1922 -- Event 4: Charles Lindbergh makes the first transatlantic flight; May 21, 1927 -- Event 5: The first talking motion picture, The jazz singer, debuts; October 6, 1927 -- Event 6: The stock market crash leads to a global economic depression; October, 1929 -- Event 7: Mahatma Gandhi's salt march strikes a blow for Indian independence; March, 1930 -- Event 8: Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany; January 30, 1933 -- Event 9: President Roosevelt's inauguration; March 4, 1033 -- Event 10: Congress repeals Prohibition; December 5, 1933 -- Event 11: Picasso's Guernica debuts at the international exhibition in Paris; July, 1937 -- Event 12: "The War of the Worlds" airs on radio; October 30, 1938 -- Event 13: The rescue at Dunkirk proves Hitler can be resisted; May, 1940

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ocm51879053

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204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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9780737717556

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(pbk. : alk. paper)

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2003044864

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