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World War 1 began
The worst part of this horrendous war was life for soldiers. During the WWI, the soldiers had a very hard time. There we a lot of difficulties at that time specially during the battles. First of all, the conditions weren’t the best. Most of the time, the food was spoiled and not enough. Besides, there was a high probability to get Trench Foot; this is similar to the Athlete Foot. -
Versailles Treaty was signed (WWI ended)
In this document, military, territorial, financial, and general terms were put into order. Of course, all these agreements affected Germany. But Germany was given 2 options: sign the Treaty, or be invaded by the Allies. Obviously, Germany signed the Treaty. By 1920s, almost all terms of the Treaty had been carried out. -
Roaring 20s
The 1920s affected the USA in many ways. For example the KKK. This was a group of people that made the genocide towards the Afro American people. Then there were the Flappers who were women that smoked, drank, wore a lot of make up, and went to Jazz clubs. Flappers made the world see women differently. Then there was the alcohol prohibition, which generated many problems; such as more corruption. -
Hyperinflation in Germany
After French soldiers invaded Germany, a tragedy happened. German workers went on strike because they "didn't want to work for the enemy". This caused hyperinflation. Money lost its value as time passed by. Workers were being paid as often as three times a day. Their wives would meet them, take the money and rush to the shops to exchange it for goods before they couldn't afford them anymore. -
Wall Street Crash
USA's most devastating stock market crash. -
Holocaust and Ghettos
-During the WWII life for Jews was very difficult, they were discriminated. The Nazis believed the Jews together with other people were a threat to them. They were discriminated in every way imaginable. By using a star to identify themselves, other clothes because they had many “diseases”, not able to go to certain places, bullied and even sent to death and concentration camps. They lived in Ghettos, which were horrible. Most of them died either because of overcrowdness, hunger, or illnesses. -
Pearl Harbour
Japanese battle ships and planes attacked Pear Harbour, which is in Japan. This was a total surprise, even though the ships and planes had already been on the Pacific Ocean for approximately a week. There were many explotions and deaths, and placing the blame on someone was something Americans had trouble with. -
Atomic Bombs in Japan
The Atomic Bombs in Japan had a big impact not only in Japan but in the rest of the world. The two bombs that were dropped in Japan were called Fat Man (Nagasaki), that was named like that because it was the biggest one of the 2 and the other who was smaller than the other was Little Boy (Hiroshima). The two cities that were dropped at were dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This is considered the only time of the use of nuclear weapons. It was in the final stage of WWII.
