APWH 1900-2000

  • Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)

  • World War I (1914-1918)

  • Russian Revolution

  • League of Nations (1920-1946)

  • Founding of Chinese Communist Party

  • Great Depression begins

  • Stalin era in Soviet Union (1929-1953)

  • Nazis come to power in Germany

  • U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  • Cold War (1946-1991)

  • Independence in India, Pakistan, Israel, Indonesia (1947-1949)

  • Korean War (1950-1953)

  • African independence achieved (1957-1975)

  • Cuban Revolution; Cuban missile crisis (1959-1962)

  • Vietnam War (1965-1973)

  • Islamic Revolution in Iran

  • Reunification of Germany

  • Collapse of Soviet Union

  • Formation of the EU

  • Attacks on World Trade Center