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Queen Victoria’s death
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Edward VII (Edwardian Age)
He modernized the fleet and the army.
He was a popular public figure.
He cultivated good relationships with other leaders.
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Industrial development, reforms, prosperity in the USA.
- 19th Amendment (1920).
- The "Roaring Twenties".
- Cinema, cars, radio.
- Black population.
- National parks.
- Panama canal
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General elections
- Very high turnout (83.2%).
- Only 60% of men had the right to vote. No women.
- More aggressive approach --> WSPU, Suffragettes.
- They helped Britain at war.
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Period: to
George V
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Period: to
WW1
- Triple Alliance
- Triple Entente
- Immediate cause
- A bloody conflict
- Consequences
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The Irish Question
- Home Rule postponed.
- Easter Rising
- Irish Free State
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The USA enters WW1
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The Representation of the People Act
Voting rights for all women over 30 who were property owners. -
Peace Treaty of Versailles
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Period: to
The Rise of Totalitarianism
- Mussolini, 1922.
- Hitler, 1933.
- Franco 1939.
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The General Strike
- Economic and industrial decline.
- Reasons for the strike.
- Paralysis of the transport network.
- Intervention of the government.
- Defeat of the strikers.
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Equal right to vote for women and men.
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The Wall Street Crash
- Consequences in Britain of The Great Depression.
- Causes and consequences in the USA.
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The Balfour Declaration
- The British Commonwealth of Nations.
- Indipendence of India (1947).
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Election of F.D. Roosevelt
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Italy invades Abissinia
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The Windsor
- A new name (1917).
- A new king (1936).
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Germany annexes Austria.
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German invasion of Poland.
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Period: to
The Second World War
- Britain's reluctance.
- Invasions.
- Churchill.
- USA in war.
- Atomic bombs.
- Movements of Resistance.
- Shoah.
- Nuremberg Trials.
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Winston Churchill replaces Chamberlain as Prime Minister.
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Pearl Harbor
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Period: to
Social Welfare
- From the cradle to the grave.
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D-Day
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Britain, France, the USA and the USSR achieve victory in Europe.
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Period: to
Nuremberg Trials
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Hiroshima
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The Marshall Plan
- Goals.
- ERP.
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British National Health Service Act
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NATO
- Reason.
- The Warsaw Pact (1955).