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Sun Yixian was the first leader of the Kuomintang and led the overthrow of the last Qing emperor. This caused China to become a republic, giving authority to more than a few people like before.
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When the Austrian heir and his wife are assassinated by the Black Hands, a secret organization to rid Serbia of Austrian rule, Austria gets mad. Serbia was willing to hold peace conferences, but Austria-Hungary was not in the mood to negotiate. Austria declared war on Serbia.
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The US entered the Great War on the Allies’ side because the Germans used submarine warfare and the Zimmerman telegram, sent by Germany to Mexico. The telegram said that Germany would give Mexico back the land the US took.
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The armistice, an agreement to stop fighting, marked the end of WWI. This agreement was signed on a train headed to Paris.
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After the Armitsar Massacre, Gandhi urged the Indian National Congress to boycott British goods, especially cloth, and have civil disobedience.
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When Greeks invaded, Mustafa Kemal led Turkey and fought the Greeks. Kemal became president of the “Republic of Turkey”. He modernized the nation and was known as Ataturk, or father of the Turks
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When the Nationalists outnumbered the Communists by a mountain, Moa Zedong, the leader of China’s Communist Party, led his troops on a 6,000 mile walk known as the Long March
