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Idustrial Revolution
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World History
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1st sucessful steam engine is built
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Mexico declares its independance
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Michael Faraday’s dynamo
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Taiping rebellion
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Sepoy Mutiny in India
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Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital”
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The Meiji Restoration
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Franco-Prussian War
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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
On June 28 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand will visit Sarajevo. This is 6 years after Austria took over Bosnia and the Serbs and Bosnians. In Sarajevo Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, which weeks after causes World War 1. -
U.S. Joins WW1
For a majority of the war the U.S. stayed neutral. But this all ended when German U-boat (submarines) attacked American Passenger ships and killed many Americans. After this many Americans were angered by this and thus caused the U.S. to go to war. -
Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
After a failed attempt of the Russian army attaking the central powers Lenin armed the Red guard and attacked the failed government. This revolution was also nicknamed the October Revolution -
Treaty of Versailles is signed
The treaty of Versailles crippled the German economy and humiliated them. Germany lost its military size, its colonies, and they had to pay for all damages caused because of the war. -
Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy
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Russia becomes the USSR
Russia's economy was improving and they were gaining nations and territories. After this they became the Soviet union or USSR -
Stalin’s rule in the USSR begins
After the death of Lenin in 1924 Joseph Stalin came into power of the Soviet Union. Stalin was a cruel ruler with an iron fist and many died under his rule. -
Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
When Hitler came out of prison for trying to overthrow the government he retried on having power. He promised the people that he would build the German military back up and help the German people. He became popular and became the Chancellor of Germany. -
Germany attacks Poland – WWII begins
Just days after reaching his agreement with thhe Soviets, Hitler was ready for all-out war. On September 1, 1939, Germany launched an attack on Poland, causing WWll -
Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
On a early Sunday morning Japanese forces attacked the U.S. Naval base at Hawaii. This attacked crippled the U.S. fleet. -
U.S. declares war on Japan
After the surprise attack on the U.S. from Japan the citizens didnt want to stay neutral any more. On December 8th 1941 the U.S. declared war on Japan bringing the U.S. into WWll. -
D-Day
After many months of planning the Allied forces launched an attack on the beaches of Normandy. this invasion was called Operation Overlord or D-Day. -
U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
After capturing the nearby islands of Japan the U.S. forces didnt want to send in an invasion because of the thought of many allied deaths. Manny bombing runs were held over Japan. Harry S Truman demanded that Japan Surrenders. When they refused the plans to drop the Atomic bomb went forward. The Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Killed more than 70,000 people. -
Nuremberg trials are held
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Apartheid in South Africa
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Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic of China
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Korean War is fought
On June 25th 1950 the communist forces of North Korea attacked the capatlistic country of South Korea. Wanting to stop the spread of communisum the U.S. sent forces to combat the North Koreans -
Fidel Castro’s Communism in Cuba
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Vietnam War is fought
Just like the Korean war, when Vietnam was divided into a communist north and a capitalist south the U.S. stoped a comunist revolution in south Vietnam and fight against the forces of North Vietnam -
Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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Persian Gulf War begins
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USSR collapses & Russia is back
The 15 states of the Soviet Union wanted freedom from the Soviets so they started declareing there independance. With these revolutions and a failing government the Soviet Union finally fell. -
NAFTA is formed
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WTO is formed
