Unit 6 1914-Present

By JohnOvering
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    Mexican Revolution

  • African National Congress party formed in South Africa

  • Fall of Qing dynasty in China; beginning of Chinese Revolution

    Fall of Qing dynasty in China; beginning of Chinese Revolution

    After over 250 years, the Qing dynasty finally falls (1644-1912)
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    World War I

    trench warfare,

  • Arab revolts against Ottomans

  • United States enters WWI

    United States enters WWI

  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution

  • Balfour Declaration

    Balfour Declaration

    promises Jews a homeland in Palestine

  • Versailles peace settlement, League of Nations

  • Revolt in Egypt, first Pan-African Nationalist Congress, non-violent protest in India

  • Treaty of Sevres reorganizes in Middle East

  • Foundation of Chinese Communist party

    Foundation of Chinese Communist party

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    Stalin takes power in Soviet Union

    Stalin initiates five-year plans and collectivization
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    Height of Great Depression

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    Vargas regime in Brazil

  • Japan invades Manchuria

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    Gandhi-led resistance in India

  • Nazis rise to power in Germany

    Nazis rise to power in Germany

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    New Deal in United States

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    Cardenas reform period in Mexico

  • German rearmament; Italy captures Ethiopia

  • Army officers in power in Japan; invasion of China

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact

    Nazi-Soviet Pact

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    World War II

  • United States enters WWII

    United States enters WWII

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    Holocaust

  • Formation of United Nations

    Formation of United Nations

  • Atomic bombs dropped on Japan

    Atomic bombs dropped on Japan

  • Communists proclaim Vietnam independence

    Communists proclaim Vietnam independence

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    Soviet takeover of eastern Europe

  • Philippine independence from the U.S.

    Philippine independence from the U.S.

  • Peronism in Argentina

  • India and Pakistan gain independence

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    Marshall Plan for Western Europe

  • Division of Korea

    Division of Korea

  • Israel-Palestine partition; first Arab-Israeli war

    Israel-Palestine partition; first Arab-Israeli war

  • Formation of NATO

  • Communist victory in China

    Communist victory in China

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    Korean War

  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact

  • Bandung conference; nonaligned movement

  • Partial end of Stalinism

    Partial end of Stalinism

  • Europeaan Economic Community (Common Market)

    Europeaan Economic Community (Common Market)

  • Ghana becomes first independent Afrian Nation

    Ghana becomes first independent Afrian Nation

  • Cuban Revolution

    Cuban Revolution

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    Civil Rights movement in United States; revival of feminism

  • Algeria declares independence, Cuban Missile Crisis

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    U.S. military intervention in Vietnam

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    Cultural revolution in China

  • Second Arab-Israeli War

    Second Arab-Israeli War

    Israeli occupation of West Bank, Gaza, the Sinai and Golan Heights
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    Student protests iin West

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    Oil Crises; height of OPEC ppower

  • Third Arab-Israeli War

    Third Arab-Israeli War

  • Communist victory in Vietnam

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    Democratic regimes spread in Latin America

  • Death of Mao; new reform pattern in China

    Death of Mao; new reform pattern in China

  • Iranian revolution

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    Iran-Iraw War

  • Mikhail Gorbachev heads Soviet Union;

    Mikhail Gorbachev heads Soviet Union;

    reforms and unrest through eastern Europe

  • Reform movement in South Africa

  • New regimes throughout eastern Europe

  • Reunification of Germany

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    Iraq invades Kuwait; Persian Gulf crisis; U.S.-Allied defeat of Iraw

  • Collapse of the Soviet Union

    Collapse of the Soviet Union

  • Full economic integration of Common Market

    Full economic integration of Common Market

  • Oslo Accords between Palestinians and Israelis

    Oslo Accords between Palestinians and Israelis

  • Full democracy in South Africa, Nelson Mandela President

  • U.S.-British war invasion of Iraq

    U.S.-British war invasion of Iraq