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past to present
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Wall street crash
the share prices in the stock market plummeted and the banks collapsed due to excessive amounts of debt. This caused the entire world to collapse economically and also triggered the great deppression. -
Anschluss between Germany and Austria
the occupation of Austria by the nazis. this was the first step in the nazi's rise to power because it was the reclaiming of their lands. -
pearl harbour
the japanese attacked the american military base in pearl harbour and did massive damage. the attack destroyed and damaged many of the ships and also lowered moral for the american army. In retaliation the american army nuked japan. -
Nagasaki atomic bomb
nagasaki was the victum of an american nuclear warhead.this was in the opinions of the American generals would be the quickest and most easy meathod of ending the war between Japan and America. -
china becomes communist
After WW1 china had no proper leader and there was turmoil and anarchy. the qing dynasty wasnt doing their jobs. the idea of communism spread throughout china as civil war tore the country apart. Then mao zi dong came and made everything more clear for the people which made them very devout to him. he is hailed as the saviour of the people. -
White Australian policy
conflicts in the goldfield bred a racist atomosphere and this lead to the new policy known as the white australian policy. this gave any white migrant priviedges and non white miners such as asians were given a hard time. -
Tampa crisis
when a freighter carrying 438 refugees in australian waters. they were seeking asylum in christmas island and they were refused entry and both Australia and indonesia (which was where the boat came from) refused to take responsibility.