Chinese Communism

Boxer Rebellion

Jun 18, 1900

June 18, 1900,

The Revolutionary alliance overthrows the last Chinese Emeror

Feb 12, 1912

October 10, 1911 – February 12, 1912

Federal Reserve Act

Dec 23, 1913

December 23, 1913

Zimmermann Telegram

Jan 16, 1917

16 January 1917

Prohibition Begins in the U.S.

Jan 16, 1919

January 16, 1919,

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

28 June 1919,

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Jan 17, 1920

January 17, 1920.

Railway Labor Act

Mar 7, 1926

The Act, passed in 1926 and amended in 1934 and 1936

Communist party seizes control of China

Apr 12, 1927

12 April 1927 – September 1937

Mao Zedong's Communist party gains support

Sep 18, 1931

18th Sep, 1931

Jiang Jieshi Defeats Mao's communists

Oct 16, 1934

October 16, 1934.

Japan Invades China in WWII suspending the Civil War

Jul 7, 1937

7 July 1937