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Indian Independence
India gained its independence from Britain. It required much armed and unarmed power. One of the main leaders being Mohandas Gandhi -
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Gandhi
A non violent activist involved in the movement for independence of India. He mourned on independence day because he did not want the division between Pakistan and India -
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Mao Zedong
A communist leader who led the People's Republic of China, people argue he was a good leader who helped peasants and women rights, others say he was inexperienced. He developed Maoism in the 1950's -
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Juan Peron
Served as President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 then again from 1973 to 1974. He built up Argentinean industry, became
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WW1
A major war which involved most if not all the worlds greatest powers. Started mainly by the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Ended with German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires all defeated and the treaty of versailles -
Russian Revolution
Mutiple revolutions that led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik government. -
Wilson's 14-point plan
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Treaty of Versailles
A peace treaty that ended arguments between Germany and the Allied powers. Took 6 months to finally negotiate all the details. -
Hitler comes to power
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Chinese Civil War
One side consisted of Communists, who wanted to make China like the Soviet Union, backed by the Soviet Union, and and many poor people. On the others side were the Nationalists, who wanted to make China like the United States -
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Stalin's five year plans
A list of economic goals designed to strengthen the country's economy. One being to build up the countries heavy industry, making the nation both militarily and industrially self-sufficient. -
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Great Depression
The longest, most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century following WWII. Which started in a fall in the stock market. -
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League of Nations
An organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference and came before the United Nations. One of their goals was to preventing war through collective security, disarmament, and settling international disputes through negotiation. -
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WWII
War between the Allies and the Axis, caused mainly because of the treaty of Paris. Ended in the Allies over Germany and Japan, and led to the creation of the United Nations. -
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Cold War
The struggle between communism and capitalism. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another. The Cold War came to an end when the Soviet Union dissolved. -
Creation of Pakistan
The Muslims feared that they would lose their liberty once the British left so they hoped for a separate state. Led by Muhammad Ali and then created Pakistan. -
NATO
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Korean War
Fought between north and south Korea. North led by communist, south led by nationalist, and caused many deaths mainly in the north -
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Warsaw Pact
A treaty binding the Soviet Union and
countries of eastern Europe in an alliance against the NATO to prevent invasion Russian soil -
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Great Leap Forward
Created to increase China's economy and industry. It was started Mao Zedong. Considered bad for the Chinese people, because it ended up with many people dead -
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Vietnam War
Conflict pitting North Vietnam
and South Vietnamese communist guerrillas against the
South Vietnamese government, aided after 1961 by the
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Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful action by a CIA to invade southern Cuba, with support and encouragement from the US government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro -
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Berlin Wall
Considered a symbol of the Cold War, the wall seperated east from west Germany. Was meant to keep people out of Eastern Germany. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Brink-of-war confrontation between
the United States and the Soviet Union over the latter’s
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Helsinki Accords
Political and human rights agreement
signed in Helsinki, Finland, by the Soviet Union and
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Islamic Revolution
Iranians had a problem with Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, because he was an ally of the US, the new government was a republic which then caused arguments with Iraq -
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Iran- Iraq war
Called the persian gulf war, began when Iraq invaded Iran. The US supported Iraq and used chemical and biological weapons -
Tiananmen Square
A series of protests made by students and labour activists. No single person was in charge. They were angry with the way communist were handling the economy -
German reunification
Germany had been divided into two countries. One was the Federal Republic of Germany, the other part was the German Democratic Republic. Reunification happened when east german decided to join the Federal Republic of Germany -
USSR Disintegrates
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Nelson Mandela
First President of South Africa, elected by vote as well as being black. He helped start the African National Congress Youth League. -
September 9, 2001
Attacks taken on the World trade center in New York and other major places, all on the same day. This caused for an on going "war on terror"
