Unit 9 AP world History

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  • Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin

    Penicillin was the first antibiotic
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    The research that led to the atomic bomb also led to the development of nuclear power plants

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    The Green revolution leads to a boost in agricultural production in China

  • A treatment plan is developed for tuberculosis

  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  • Gregory Pincus developed a birth control pill

    As a result, fertility rates declined

  • Jonas Salk announces that a vaccine against polio had been proven effective

  • Albert Sabin developed an oral vaccine for Polio

  • Heart Disease

    The first successful heart transplant was performed by South African Christiaan Barnard. Robert Jarvik led a team that made an artificial heart.

  • Augusto Pinochet takes power in a US-backed coup against Socialist president Salvador Allende

  • Ebola epidemic

    Ebola is a deadly virus that was discovered in the Congo in 1976. The disease causes extensive bleeding to the point of death.

  • The Green Belt Movement was started by Wangari Maathai to combat environmental degradation , which was a result of colonialism

  • Smallpox is eradicated from the world, except for one culture

  • Deng Xiaoping becomes the leader of China.

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    HIV/AIDS Epidemic

    HIV weakens the immune system and causes AIDS. By the Mid-1990s, Antiretroviral drugs that could stop HIV from weakening the immune system were developed.

  • Tiananmen Square

    A peaceful demonstration leads to soldiers killing protesters

  • The spread of technologies like the cellphone put information creation in the hands of individuals around the world

  • Kyoto Protocol

    First major international agreement to reduce carbon emissions.

  • The start of the Seattle protests marked the beginning of the anti-globalization movement

  • "World leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030"

  • Paris Agreement

    195 countries signed, but Donald Trump withdrew the US in 2017

  • Brexit

  • Algeria and Argentina are certified to be malaria free