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Mass production
Mass production was manufacturing goods at a large quantity but at a less cost in the 1910’s. The assembly line for mass production started an industrial evolution. Automobiles were the major goods produced in this time.
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End of WW1
World war one came to an end on the 11th of November on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. It came to an end by the allies and Germany who signed an Armistice to end the fighting. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was a document to declare that the WW1 was over. The Germans and the allies signed it in vast Versailles Palace. They chose this venue as it held a lot of people because hundreds of people wanted to witness this event taking place. -
The Jazz age
The jazz age was a time in the 1920's also known as the roaring 20's. After WW1 had wrecked old social conventions and new ones had come along. The young of this era had set them self-free, especially the young women. These women known as Flappers would cut their hair into a bob cut and exposed a lot of the leg and knee. ‘’The low cut gowns and short skirts are born of the devil they are carrying the present generation to destruction" http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/1920s_America.htm -
Great Depression 1929
The great depression was from the 1929 to 1932 and was a time where people were struggling everywhere in the world. It was caused by the lack of income, jobs and the crash of the stock market. -
Market crash of 1929
Everyday people was investing into the share markets even banks were putting in money that wasn’t theirs. This was increasing throughout the 1920s till 1929 there was a major crash of the market and there were many people in debt. -
1938 Day of Mourning
The day of mourning was held on the 26th of January 1938 also known as Australia day. Australia day is the anniversary of the English settlers arriving on Australian land which the indigenous people were not too happy about. For some this date is a celebration and for the indigenous it is a day of mourning. -
Start of WWII
The Second World War began on the 3rd September 1939 when Adolf Hitler launched an attack on Poland. After that Brittan and France had declared war on Germany after Hitler refused his invasion on Poland. -
Japanese attack of pearl harbour
On December 7 1941 Japan dropped an unexpected air attack on the USA at a Navy base in Hawaii at Pearl harbour. ‘After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed’
The next day America declared war on Japan.
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Bombing of Darwin
On the 19th of February 1942 the Japanese launched two air raids on Darwin, Australia. Approximately 250-320 people were killed and 300-400 people were badly injured. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
On the 6th of August the Americans let off a huge atomic bomb on Hiroshima,Kokura,Nagaski and Niigata.These cities were chosen as targets as they were the four that had not been affected during the war. -
Declaration of Human Rights
On the 10th of December 1948 it was declared that people throughout the wall should be protected and has the right to be safe and free no matter what kind of people they are or where they come from. -
Invention of television
In the 1920s people were doing experiments on producing electronic television. ‘Before 1947 the number of U.S. homes with television sets could be measured in the thousands.' https://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm -
Melbourne olympics
This Olympic Games was the first to be held in the Southern hemisphere as all of the previous games were held in Europe. The Olympic Games were held on the 22nd November 1956 at the Melbourne cricket ground. -
Invention of internet
The internet was created in the 1960’s but in 1972 emails were in existence. By 1989 a scientist created worldwide internet.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union had a plan to mount nuclear missiles in Cuba. On the 14th of October a USA spy plane captured a photograph of the nuclear missiles being prepared. After this President Kennedy and Soviet Union negotiated and a war did not occur. -
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream…” speech
‘I have a dream’ was a public speech that Martin Luther King Jr. said on August 28th 1963. He was an American Civil rights activist. He announced this speech to end racism in America. ‘"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm -
Australian Freedom Ride
In February 1965 the Australian freedom ride was invented by a group of Sydney University Students who boarded a bus to tour around the coastal NSW towns to see the what kind of living conditions the Aboriginal people live in. After this had happened it had helped encourage the community to be not racist and discriminative to the indigenous people. -
Invention of mobile phone
In 1973 portable mobile phones were invented. Although the first idea of inventing a mobile phone was in 1908. ‘They used the technology of the police radio and applied it to the technology of the day to make the first working portable mobile phone.’ http://mobilephones.umwblogs.org/invention/ -
Release of Crocodile Dundee
The movie Crocodile Dundee was officially released on the 24th of April 1986. This movie is a well-known old Australian made comedy film. It is about an American reporter who goes to Australia outback and meets a slightly strange crocodile poacher. -
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child
United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child is a well-known treaty all over the world formed in 1989. It is to inform everyone that every child has the right to be protected by the government, families, communities and individuals to respond to these rights in a respectful way and to support the rights. -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
On the 9th of November 1989 the wall was opened to the whole of Berlin to pass through and not be divided anymore.