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Industrial Revolution
This era when the use of power- driven machinery was developed. -
1st successful steam engine is built
James Watt came up with the invention; his engine was faster and more efficient at driving machinery -
Mexico declares its independence
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Michael Faraday's dynamo
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Taiping Rebellion
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Sepoy Mutiny in India
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Karl Marx's "Das Kapital"
Marx produces "Das Kapital", in the three part work, he put his arguments against capitalism -
The Meji Restoration
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Franco-Prussian War
Napoleon III drew France into war with Prussia. In the Franco-Prussian war, Napoleon III was captured in the battle and surrendered to the Prussians. The defeat led the Fench Assembly to depose Napoleon and proclaim the Third Reupublic. Prussia won the war, and the peace treaty declared unification of Germany. -
Spanish-American war begins
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Boxer Rebellion
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Russo-Japanese War
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Franz Ferdinand
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Lenin Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
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U.S. joins WWI
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Treaty of Versailles is signed
No Africans were involved in the negotations, European powers gave Germany African colonies to other countries as mandates rather than granting them independence. -
Mussolini's Facist Party in Italy
The party took its name from the Latin word Fasces, referred to an anicent Roman symbol for the unity and strength of the state. The Fasces had become a significant force in Italian polictics. -
USSR collaspes and Russia is back
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Russia becomes part of the USSR
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Stalin's rule in the USSR begins
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Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
Investors sold off 16 million shares, few people wanting to buy the stocks that wanted to flood the market, stock prices collasped completely -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Through Hitler's efforts the Nazi's continued to gain strength, as a result HItler becomes Chancellor, the most powerful post in German government. -
Germany attacks Poland - WWI begins
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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Japan attack on pearl Harbor
Japanese military leaders of General Hideki Tojo had been making plans for a surprise attack at the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded France -
U.S drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
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Nuremburg trials are held
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Apartheid in South Africa
The National party instituted a policy of apartheid, which means "apartness" in the Afrikaans language. -
Korean War is fought
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Fidel Castro's Communism in Cuba
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Mao Zedong's People's Republic of China
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Vienam War is fought
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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Persian Gulf War begins
After negotations failed to convince Iraq to leave Kuwait; the Untied States led a muiltnational force into battle in the Persian Gulf War -
NAFTA is formed
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WTO is formed
