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Thorstein Veblen
Thorstein Veblen was a famous Norwegian Economist who was popular for being a witty critic of capitalism. "Conspicuous Consumption" was one of his famous ideas. -
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Sun Yat-sen
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Russian Communist revolutionary, political theorist, and politician. He served of the Head of Government of many different governments including: Russian Republic, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, adn the Soviet Union -
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Harry Houdini
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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Russian Civil War
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Red Terror
The Red Terror was all about killings including torture, mass killings, and systematic oppression conducted by the Bolsheviks. It was also the beginning of the Soviet Republic -
WWI Moves Forward
In 1918, the Allies occupy Germany, gaining ground on the central powers -
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South African Apartheid
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Black Moses
Marcus Garvey, AKA Black Moses, leads the black population in the largest mass movement in black history. He believed that blacks would never be accepted in America and she go back to where they could live in peace, or Africa -
Expanse of the Urban Population
For the first time in American history, the urban population is larger than the rural population. -
Sports
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First Commercial Broadcast
The first commercial broadcast was aired on election day of 1920. This was a momentous day, as the people could hear live who won instead of reading it in the newspaper days later. Other Radio related facts;
First commercial radio station; KDKA
Transatlantic broadcasting
Network broadcasting over thousands of miles
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Wall Street Bombing
The Wall Street Bombing resulted in the instant killing of 30 people and a later death total of 38. The mystery was never solved of who did it, some say that it was Italian anarchists, but the answer is unknown. -
Entertainment and Life
The Charleston was invented and filled the dance halls. The Flapper girls became more prominent wearing their short skirts, and risque attire and behavior. Poets of the 20's were writing Avant-Garde, a style that disobeyed all original poem rules. Germans were listening to the popular Jazz music that America were also listening to, a music that was fun, instead of formal. Plays were also defying the norms and were centered more around communicating emotion, than what actual happens day to day. -
KKK
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The Red Scare
The Red Scare was the fear of communism in the US. -
Prohibition
No more alcohol! It is now illegal to sell alcohol...but you can still drink it if you can get it! You can guess how many people follow this law. (1920-1933) -
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Nationalists vs. Communists
Nationalist and Communist Chinese troops battle among themselves for control of the mainland resistance to British rule in India. -
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President Warren Harding
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Expanse of the urban population
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Assisnation of Michael Collines
Michael Collins, born in 1890, head of the Irish Free State is assassinated. -
King Tutt's Tomb
King Tut's Tomb was discovered by the British Archaeologist, Howard Carter. -
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Gandhi
Mohandas (Mahatma ) Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru’s leadership of a mostly non-violent -
Turkey
In 1923 the Republic of Turkey is founded as the Ottoman empire was dessimated by WWI -
Death of Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa was assassinated in his automobile when he was going into town for ranch business -
Tokyo-Yokohama earthquake
This earthquake located in Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan, killed over 140,000 people, one of the biggest earthquakes in history. -
First Winter Olympic Games
The first ever Winter Olympic games took place in Haute-Savoie, France. This was also the first Olympics to ever have women participate in them. Some participants, and winners, were as young as 11 years old. -
Greece become a republic
Greece becomes a republic and is no longer a monarchy. King Constantinople had to abdicate for his son, a second time, George II. Later King George II was told to leave the country, and Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaimed Greece to be the Second Hellenic Republic. -
Television
In 1926 the first television was invented. The television transmits live, moving images with sound.
First experimental “wireless motion pictures”
First TV set is sold
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The crossing of the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh, the first time in history, crossed the Atlantic ocean in one flight -
Antibiotics
In 1928 modern antibiotics were discovered as they introduced a small amount of a disease into your body, your body fights it off, and then remembers how to if it is infected with it later. -
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Russian Industrialization
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Governor of New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the governor of New York City. -
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover, a Republican, becomes president of the U.S. in a landslide victory. -
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart flies solo over Atlantic Ocean, and is the first woman to do so. -
Saint Valentines Day Massacre
1929's Valentines day was one of the bloodiest in mob history with 7 men being killed. The gunning happened because Al Capone wanted to be in control of Chicago, and the only way to do that was to get rid of the current gang. -
Black Thursday
So many people's shares were traded by panicked investors that it sparks the Great Depression -
Germany Hyperinflation
In 1929 in Germany, their money was worth so little that it costed millions of dollars for every-day necessities. Their money was worth so little because they lost the war, and were forced to pay people off, and try to rebuild their own country, but they didn't have any money left, so they just printed more. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a time of long and severe recession of the American economy. This happened in the US for many reasons including the crash of the stock market, the dust bowl, banks failure, no new businesses, and unemployment. Everyone wanted jobs, but no one could supply them, so some people resolved to bartering. -
Mussolini's assination
Mussolini was assassinated by the Italian Communists in 1945, and was attempted assassination in 1926 by anarchists and members of the Giustizia e Libertá groups of the Action Party. -
First Rocket Launch
This year marks the launching of the first liquid fuel rocket by Robert Goddard -
Mussolini becomes leader in Italy
Mussolini receives the majority vote in Italy. -
Java Man
Scientists analyze “Java Man” skull dating it at 700,000 years old
