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Chinese Nationalists oust the last Qing emperor, Puyi
The Chinese citizens had realized in the early 1900's that their country needed to be modernized and expanded. This caused nationalist movements to end the career of the emperor and focus more on the well-being of China. -
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World War I begins as Austria declares war of Serbia
The serbian member of the rebellious group, "The Black Hand," a nineteen year old assasinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This caused immense tension and Austria declared was immediately. This small incident caused the Great War. -
U.S. Enters the war
The United States was not directly involved in the war. They did although want to aid the Serbians in war because we were allies with them at the time. We sent troops over to the heart of battle and helped the Serbians resist the Austrians. -
Armistice signed as Allies defeat Central Powers
After Germany declared itself a republic, a political leader met with a french leader and signed the Armistice that settled the fighting and ended World War 1 on november 11. -
Gandhi leads Indian camapaign of civil disobedience
Ghandi was a rebellious leader who very clerly protested against the British Government. He would very much encourage civil disobediance which meant he wanted citizens to refuse whatever the government told them to do. In return they would get independance. -
Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic
Kemal was a nationalist who very greatly wanted his country to become a republic. In order to do so, he gathered many nationalists and faoght against Greece to overthrow the Ottoman Sultan and make Turkey a republic in 1923. -
Mao Zedong heads Long March
A march towards defeating the nationalists that consisted of 100,000 communist soldiers. Many died from cold exposure and finally after about a year, the march didn't really pay off because the civil war still continued on.
