Contemporary World Timeline (20th-21st Century) Theme: How Our Past Shaped Today’s World

By itsknndrs

  • End of World War II

    Date: September 2, 1945 Short Description: After years of war, World War II ended with Japan's surrender, marking the start of massive reconstruction efforts, especially in Europe and Asia. Global Impact: Initiated the formation of the United Nations and the Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. It also accelerated decolonization movements. Aspect: Global Conflicts and Peace Efforts

  • The civil rights movement in the U.S.

    Short description: It was a powerful movement demanding equal rights. The African Americans especially in the South lived under system of segregation and racial prejudice and were treated like second-class citizen. Global Impact: Men and women of many ages and ethnicities join together to resist segregation and fight for equal rights for African Americans. In August 1963 thousands of people gathered in Washington DC is known as the march. Aspect: Cultural and Social Revolutions