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A mass production of cars happened in 1913. The idea was to make cars cheaper for people to buy. So they found a way produce cars at a record-breaking rate.
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After 4 years of war, ww1 finally ended on the 11 of November 1918. It ended by Germany surrendering and signing a treaty. They surrendering because they were running out of supplies from the blockade and their alliance was falling apart as other country’s surrendered.
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The Treaty of Versailles was the peace agreement made by France, Britain, and USA to punish Germany for the First World War. Some of the things it said were:
1. Accept the new map of Europe.
2. Accept the decisions made by the new League of Nations
3. Limit the size of its army and navy.
4. To give up its empire
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In the 1920s (before the great depression) everyone in America seemed to have money. There were new styles of hair and clothes as well as a new type of music.....Jazz.
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The first television was invented on the 7th of September 1927. The first colour TV invented on December 17, 1953.
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In the 1920s the stock market was a popular thing and lots of people began investing it. The more people invested in it the high the price rose. With so many people ordering things, people couldn't keep up with the orders, which then caused the market to close down.
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The great depression started in USA after the stock market crash. The market crash caused many banks and other industries the close down. Which meant thousands of people lost their jobs.
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austraila day in 1938 was the 150 year aversary of the first fleet arrivng on Australia. it was also the day the aborigionals lost there homeland, so on this day a group of Aboriginal people met in Sydney to demand equality.
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Hitler had started taking over countries before the war had started but they were to reason as they were German speaking countries. France and Britain did nothing (to avoid another war), until Germany attacked Poland which forced France and Britain into action. This then started WW2.
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On the 7th of December 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US naval base at the pearl harbour. They attacked by bombing the place which killed 2,400 Americans.
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On 19th of February 1942 japan bombed Darwin for the first time. The attack was 2 sets of air raids which destroyed many military bases and a hospital.
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On August 6, 1945, the United States bombed Hiroshima with nothing other than a nuclear bomb. The bomb destroyed the entire city and it took many generations to recover from it.
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Declaration of human rights happened in 1948. Where the united nations were first created to avoid another world war. They decided to give every human their own right.
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In 1956 the Olympics happened in Melbourne. It was the first to be outside of Europe and USA as well as being the first from the southern hemisphere.
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President Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade to quarantine any Russian ships. To avoid a nuclear war the Russian leader decided to remove the nukes from Cuba.
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On the 28th of august 1963 Martin Luther King Jr.’s addressed America. He said that he had a dream that one day we will be all be equal and we won’t be criticized because of the colour of our skin.
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On February 12 1965 a group of university students from Sydney did a tour to the western and coastal New South Wales towns. This was the show the people of Sydney the poor state of health the aboriginals were in.
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The internet was an idea that started in the early 1960s which then became reality in the late 60s. It was shown to the public in 1969.
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On the 3rd of April 1973 in Manhattan the first mobile phone call was made. The phone weighed 2.5 pounds and had a single line text only LED screen.
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Crocodile Dundee was a movie based on Australian crocodile hunter who travels to New York City. It shows how an Australian outback hunter would react to the modern day city life.
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In 1989 united nation decided that all children under 18 years of age should be given certain rights such as protection and education. They also wanted to remind the world that children have rights too.
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The berlin wall was made to keep the east side of Germany from crossing over to the west side. Many people tried to cross the wall some succeeded, others weren’t so lucky. After many protests from both sides of Germany, East Germany finally decided let the berlin gates open.
