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Started on July 28th 1914 and ended November 11th 1918. It is the sixth deadliest conflict in world history
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Took place in palace of Versailles, 5 treaties were drawn up, Treaty of Versailles dealt with Germany and 4 other treaties dealt with there allies. 1919 to 1920.
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Discourage aggression from any Nation, to encourage countries to cooperate, especially in business and trade, to discourage nations to disarm, and to improve the living and working conditions of all people in the world. Japan 1919-1933, Germany 1919- 1933, Italy 1919-1937, USSR 1934-1939, France 1919-1945, and Britain 1919-1945.
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Gandhi leads hundreds on along March Dandi to protest salt tax.
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1931-39, Japan invaded Manchuria (in nth east China). No action was taken, league faiced.
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1932-34, Germany complained that it was the only one to disarm, League could not get other members to agree to disarm, League ineffective of Abyssina to Italy.
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1935-36, Italy invaded Abysinia, League members could not agree on effective sanctions against Italy. Britain and France tried to do a secret deal to give most.
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In 1943 Norman Rockwell painted his work Freedom from Fear, which is one of the four paintings he made on Roosevelts four freedoms.
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U.S. Attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbour and enters the war.
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German Wannsee Conference plans the Holocaust
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August 23 1942-February 2 1943, Battle of Stalingrad turning point in WW2.
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D Day landings in Normandy, France.
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United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Rev Brown won the right to send his child to a white school.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white person, inspired Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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The Montgomery bus boycott, was non violent direct action and is when black people refused to take the bus to Montgomery, Alabama.
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In 1957 nine black students with Military Protection went to a white school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Nashville, Tennessee 500 students organised sit-ins in restaurants, libraries and churches. Many students were expelled but 400 teachers stood by them and threatened to resign, so the colleges backed down.
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May 1961,CORE activists began a protest called the "Freedom Rides".
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The freedom riders were going to the south without protection.
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They arrested freedom riders on buses, put cardboard around the bus so they would not attract media attention.
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The day after the riot the movement knew they needed to do something about it.
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A quarter of a million people, marched to the Lincoln memorial to hear kings "I have a dream".
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In the summer of 1964 king begun a big campaign to reduce segregation in hotels, restaurants, and beaches.
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In 1964 the vast majority of the Mississippi black population were living in poverty.
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Civil Rights Adt outlawed segregation in schools, public places or jobs.
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Martin Luther King jr receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights campaigning in the States of America.
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Martin Luther King jr receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights campaigning in the States of America.
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Voting Rights Act gave all black people the right to vote.
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Australian Referendum grants Indigenous Australians the right to be counted in the Census
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The fair housing act banned discrimination in housing
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It took 10,000 federal troops to stop people rioting after Martin Luther King was assassinated, 60,00 people gathered for his funeral, family, politicians and celebrities.
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The Arbitration Commission decides to gradually increase women's pay until it reaches the same level as that of a male in the same job.
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Mabo and lawyers declare legal action on claiming ownership of there lands on Murray island.
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In the mid 80s Mabo became a member of the National Aboriginal Education Committee.
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They tried again in the 90s, and won the case. But sadly Eddie Mabo had died five months earlier.
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On Australia Day 1993, the Australian newspaper named Eddie Mabo their Australian of the year.
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The Commonwealth Parliment passed the Native Title Act in 1993, enabling Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people throughout Australia to claim traditional rights to u alienated land.
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Nelson Mandela becomes first black President of South Africa.
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Ray died after serving life in prison after assassinating Martin Luther King.
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Julia Gillard becomes Australia's first female prime minister, representing labor in Victoria.
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State troopers and a state helicopter protected the Freedom riders, but later on the rioters had weapons like knifes and pitchforks. As Freedom riders were attacked, police just looked on.
