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Ratification of the 15th Amendment
The 15th amendment was passed by Congress in 1869 and ratified in 1870. This amnedment prohibited discrimination against voters. Since the South had more power, the amnedment was ssuccessful and easily passed. -
Vladimir Lenin is born
Vladimir Lenin was born in Simbirsk to Ilya Ulyanov and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova -
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B.C. becomes part of Canada
British Columbia becomes a part of Canada. The Canadian government wanted to extend its railway and B.C. became the 6th province to join Canada. -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the 1st practical telephone
Inspired by his deaf mother and wife to research hearing, Alexander wanted an easier communication system. After multiple experiements and the help of Thomas Watson the first practical telephone was made on March 7,1876. -
2nd Afghan War
The 2nd Afghan War was a war from 1878-1880 and was between Russia and Britain. The war started when Russia wanted to take parts of the Middle East and Britain countered them. The British won this war. -
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The first part in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes was published in 187 by Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character who focused mainly on solving mysteries and crimes. -
Lenin creates Iskra
Lenin created his newspaper when out of the country. Him and Plekhanov, Martov, and three other editors wetre tasked with writing the paper. Its goal was to unify Marxist groups in Russia. -
Lenin writes "What is to be done?"
Late 1901, early 1902, Lenin publsihed his first book titled, "What si to be done?". He put it is his newspaper, Iskra, and he wanted it to represent, “a skeleton plan to be developed in greater detail in a pamphlet now in preparation for print”. -
Willaim McKinley was shot
On September 6, 1901 William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States was shot. Leon Cgolzosc, a 28-year old approched him at his appearance in Buffalo and fired two shots to his chest. Before he could fire a third McKinley's guards tackled him. McKinely died on the 14th -
Moved to Switzerland
In 1905 Lenin moved to Geneva, Switzerland. The current tsar, Tsar Nicholas 2 created a legislative assembly in an attempt to stop the Russian Revolution. Lenin, being displeased with the creation of the assembly, left Russia. -
Lenin joins RSDLP
Lenin joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1905. The RSDLP was apolitical party made of revolutionary organizations. Later it split into two groups, the Majority and Minority. -
Zimmerwald Conference
The Zimmerwald Conference was a united group of socialists. Its focus was to prevent the First World War. Lenin was a member in this. -
The October Revolution
When Nicholas 2 was in power, the power had many problems. Starvation, civil unrest, and poverty were among the many. Upset with this, Lenin and a group of Bolsheviks led a rebellion tooverhtrow him and succeeded. -
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was made between Germany and Russia to edn their war. The Germans were greatly upset by this treaty, It was reminded to them when the Treaty of Versailles was signed a year later. -
Lenin made head of government in Soviet Union
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Vladimir Lenin dies
Vladimir Lenin died of a brain hemorrhage. Everyone was shocked by this becuase of how influenctial Lenin was. Jospeh Stalin was his succeeder.
