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Gandhi
A political & ideological leader of India during the Indian Independence Movement. His philosophy & leadership helped India gain independence & inspired movements for civil rights and freedom globally. -
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Mao Zedong
Chinese revolutionary, leader of the Chinese revolution, "savior of the nation", & responsible for the Great Leap Forward. -
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Juan Peron
Argentine military officer & politician. Elected thrice as president of Argentina, served only one term. Served several gov't positions. -
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WW1
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Russian Revolution
Series of revolutions which destroyed the Tsar system & led to the creation of the Soviet Union. At first the Tsar was replaced with provisional gov't, 2nd revolution, that was replaced with Communist gov't. -
Wilson's 14-Point Plan
Speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to Congress. It was meant to make the country believe the Great War was being fought for moral causes & postwar peace in Europe. -
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Nelson Mandela
served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist. In 1962 he was arrested & convicted of sabotage & other charges, & sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison. -
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League of Nations
An organization founded as a result of Paris Peace Conference & preceded the United Nations. First permanent international organization whose main mission was to maintain world peace. Also tried to prevent wars. -
Treaty of Versailles
One of the peace treaties that ended World War 1. Ended the state of war between germany & the Allied Powers. It required germany to accept responsibility for causing the war. -
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Great Depression
Severe worldwide economic depression before WWII. Longest, most widespread, & deepest depression of 20th century. Originated in U.S. with fall of stock market. With Black Tuesday it spread globally quickly. -
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World War II
Global military conflict involving all of the world's great powers. Deadliest conflict in human history, with 50 million to 70 million deaths. -
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Chinese Civil War
Fought between the Kuomintang (Republic of China) & Communist Party of China for control of China which led to China's division into two Chinas. -
Indian Independence
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Cold War
the continuing state from about 1947 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, & economic competition between the Communist World & the powers of the Western world. -
NATO
an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. Its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
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Korean War
was a military conflict between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China with military material aid from the Soviet Union. The war was a result of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
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Warsaw Pact
Mutual defense treaty subscribed to by 8 Communist states in Eastern Europe. Had a desire to prevent recurrence of an invasion of Russian soil again. -
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Vietnam War
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Bay of Pigs (Invasion)
An unsuccessful attempt by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support & encouragement from the US gov't, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban gov't of Castro. -
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Berlin Wall
a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
A confrontation among the Soviet Union, Cuba & the US during the Cold War. Results were withdrawal of the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles from Cuba & the US's nuclear missiles from Turkey.