the depression that began in 1837 sparked a large migration of settlers farther west. until the 1840s, the american presence in the area had been limited to a few fur traders and explorers. but between 1840 and 1845, some 5,000 emigrants made the difficult 2,000-mile journey by wagon train along the oregon trail. select on the map the start and finish points of the treacherous oregon trail.

Japan was expansionist, imperialist and mostly run by the military.

In Germany, we see the rise of the Nazi Party, which gained its first minister in 1930.

Soviet Union was a huge communist country. Which means that everything in the country belonged to the government.

In Spain, Primo de Rivera was forced to resign in 1930 and the King, Alfonso XIII, called for elections to be held in a democratic fashion, opening a way to the Second Republic