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Industrial Revolution
During the Industrial Revolution, water and steam power was develooped. Power-driven machinery was developed during this era. It started in Great Britain. -
1st successful steam engine is built
The first successful steam engine was very slow. Many innovations were developed by James Watt. These innovations made the steam engine faster and more efficient. -
Mexico declares its independence
Mexico gained freedom and territories from Spain in 1821. They had great disapproval from the northern people. The northerners took the Mexicans language, culture, and religion as insults to their hosts. -
Michael Faraday’s dynamo
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Taiping rebellion
Many rebellions started in 1850. The failure of the Qing dynasty to resist the Western powers made Chinese people to believe that the dynasty had lost the mandate of heaven. Hong Xiuquan wanted a world of peace so he formed the Taiping Rebellion so no one would be poor. -
Sepoy Mutiny in India
Strained relations exploded into a rebellion called the Sepoy Mutiny. The introduction of a new type of British rifle caused the rebellions. The Muslim sepoys were offended by the soldier having to bite off the cartiallage because they did not eat pork or meat. -
Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital”
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The Meiji Restoration
The Meji Restoration was the emperor's return to power. The Meiji emperor believed that to preserve and build Japan's strength was to modernize and reform. School was a major reform during this time. -
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Pussian War was another war to create a unified Grermany. There was a conflict between France over disputed territory of Alsace and Loraine. Prussia won the war. -
Spanish-American War begins
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Boxer Rebellion
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Russo-Japanese War
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Franz Ferdinand is killed
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Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
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U.S. joins WWI
The United States was neutral in the early years of the war. The attacks of Germany on shipping pushed United States closer to joining the war. The Zimmermann Note pushed the United States to finally join the war. -
Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy
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Treaty of Versailles is signed
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in the French Palace of Versailles and was named after the Palace. The treaty made Germany pay the war's victims. France and Russia's land was returned to them because of this treaty. -
Russia becomes the USSR
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Stalin’s rule in the USSR begins
Stalin worked to make the Soviet Union a totalitarian state. Stalin also modernized the Societ economy to stregthen communism. He began the first Five-Year Plan. -
Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
On this Tuesday, stock prices collapsed completely. Stock prices dropped so low that many investors had to sell their stocks to pay their loans off. Banks were also in trouble because the investors they loaned their money to could not repay them. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Germany attacks Poland – WWII begins
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Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
Nervous American leaders banned the sale of oil to Japan, a move that was designed to slow the Japanese war machine. Japan took this as a serious threat to their future plans. The Japanes government continued to hold peace talks with the United States, but where secretly planning for war. -
U.S. declares war on Japan
As the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor spread, most isolationism quickly disappeared. The United States declared war on Japan quickly after. When the United States declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded France. The Allied forces broke through German defenses after bloody fighting in the first few weeks. The Germans surrendered Paris and the Allied forces reconquered much of France. -
Nuremberg trials are held
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U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
The Allies issued a demand for Japan's surrender. Japan did not respond so an American plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. More than 70,000 people were killed instantly, and thousands of building were destroyed. -
Apartheid in South Africa
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Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic of China
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Korean War is fought
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Fidel Castro’s Communism in Cuba
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Vietnam War is fought
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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Persian Gulf War begins
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USSR collapses & Russia is back
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NAFTA is formed
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WTO is formed
