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Built in New England in 1712, the machine was quite slow until a man named James Watt made changes that made the Steam Powered train. His changes made the engine way more faster.
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Mark put his two cents in arguments against capitalism. He thought that he could rid the world of the injustices that capitalism brought forward. "The poor stay poor, while the rich get richer".
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Missions to the Western lands helped Japan determine if they brought back those ideas, that it would help in their lives. Children soon had to go to school. Japan also used American tatics in their military to make them a stronger military force.
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American newspapers wrote almost rediculous articles about the events going on in Cuba, urging the United States to enter the war. In Febuary of 1898 the American battleship Maine was blown up, figuring that Spain had been the reason for it the U.S entered the fight. After 3 months the U.S.A had won the war and a treaty wa made.
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In the early 1900s Japan was well underway with building an empire and listed Russia as a possible threat. In 1904 Japan attacked and defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. The loss pissed of the Russians and made for a lot of changes.
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A little group of Marxist known as the Bolsheviks. They were led by Vladimir Lenin, they wanted to overthrow the czar. So industrial workers gain more and more power to rule Ruusia as a socialsist country.
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The Zimmerman note was the last straw for the Americans. After countless attacks from the Germans on merchant ships the United States for closer than ever to join the war. In April of 1917 The U.S entered the war on the side of Great Britian
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As the Russian economy was starting to improve, Russia reunited with many other countries that once had been apart of the Russian Empire. They then created the USSR
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Shortly after Soviet leader Vladamir Lenin died Joseph Stalin took over the controls as Soviet leader. He turned the Union into a very communistic place, government controled every single part of Soviet life.
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When investors stated getting scared they sold off the stocks. The worst day recorded is known as Black Tuesday. In one single day investors sold off more than 16 million shares! No one wanted to buy stocks, so stock prices collapsed all together.
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After Hitler reached an agreement with the USSR he was ready for all out war. Germany used a new fighting tatic called blitzkrieg.
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The attack was set on the United States Navy Pacific Fleet. The very next day after the attack U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested Congress to declare war on Japan.
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On December the 8th of 1941 congress finally did what every American wanted. They declaired war on Japan. President Roosevelt was the one who pushed for congress to make that decision.
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