Dragonwings Background research

  • Idaho becoming a state

    Idaho was the 43rd state to join the union.
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre
    The Wounded Knee Massacre, happend in South Dakota it was the last battle of the American Indian War.
  • First Sino-Japanese War

    First Sino-Japanese War
    The First Sino-Japanese war was about the control of Korea. Sources and picture found at,
    "First Sino-Japanese War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Nov. 2013. Web. 13 Feb. 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War.
  • The Boxer-Rebellion

    The Boxer-Rebellion was in 1898-1901 when china decided to kill all white people and any christians.
  • Hundred Days' Reform

    The emperor wanted to make changes but the empress did not agree so she put him in jail until he died.
  • William McKinley Assassinated

    William McKinley Assassinated
    William Mckinley, 25 president, and the third president to be assissanted.
  • San Francisco Earthquake

    A major eathquake hit San Francisco, after the earthquake the people wanted to despatch the chinese. Work cited at,
    . "memory.loc.gov." The Chinese in California. N.p.. Web. 13 Feb 2013. http://memory.loc.gov:8081/ammem/award99/cubhtml/theme2.html
  • The Yellow Flower Mound Revolt

    The Yellow Flower Mound Revolt
    The Yellow Flower Mound Revolt was when a group of chinese youth went to attack the Viceroys house to oppose the queens dynesty, but there where many soldiers at the house so almost all the youth were killed. All the dead were buried, and put a yellow flower on the top to get its name, The Yellow Flower Mound Revolt.
  • Xinhai Revolution

    This revolution took over chinas last imperal dynisty so that now you voted instead of it being the persons children.
  • New Culture Movement

    The New Culture Movement was about esablished to face chinas problems about the failure of Chinese Republic.
  • The Titanic sinks

    The Titanic sinks
    The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg, there where 2,224 people on board, 1,502 people died.
  • World War 1

    World War 1, started in 1914 and ended in 1918, it was the first world war.
  • National Protection War

    This war took place in the years of 1915-1916, It started because Yuan Shikai's called himself emperior.
  • The Warlord Era

    The Warlord Era was when the country was seperated into military cliques.
  • May Fourth Movement

    The May Fourth Movement was about the goverments response to Treaty of Versailles, and Shandong Problem.
  • Written vernacular Chinese

    In 1920 there was a push to make the languages the same in china.