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Chinese Nationalists oust the last Qing emperor, Puyi
This helped China become one of the most modernized and powerrful nations in the world. The emperors often disliked modernization, but with a group of Nationalists in charge, China would be able to industrialize and modernize. -
World War 1 begins as Austria declares war on Serbia
This is the effect of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which theoretically started World War I. This official declaration of war kickstarted a chain of events that brought nearly every single country into war. After this, Russia declared war on Austria, Germany declared war on Russia, Britain declared war on Germany, and so on and so forth. -
US enters the war
This is significant because without US troops to aid the Allies, it would have been highly likely for the Germans to win World War I, which would greatly affect how the world is today. World War II probably would not have occurred, and many other factors would change. -
Armistice signed as Allies defeat Central Powers
The Armistice is the official ending of World War I, one of the largest battles in all of history. If the Armistice had not been signed, the war would have gone on for longer and more and more people would have been slaughtered in trenches. -
Gandhi leads Indian gcampaign of civil disobedience
This both began Indian independence from Britain and attempted to prove that it is possible to become an independent nation without violence. Gandi chose to boycott British goods such as salt and cloth instead of declaring war on the far more powerful imperialist country. -
Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic
By turnning Turkey into a Republic that could modernize, Kemal allowed the country's economy and its people's lives to flourish. Without modernization and the creation of a Republic, the chances are that the oil deposits in SW Asia would not have been found until much later. This made countries from all around the world to go to SW Asia to attempt to buy oil at low prices from the foreign countries, allowing their economies to develop and more jobs to be created. -
Mao Zedong heads Long March
When the Nationalists began to massacre and chase the Communists, many peasants altered their views to aid the Communist party. The Long March was one of the longest treks in history and will forever be remembered; it was a difficult task and many people died, but Mao remained alive to head the Communist pary in creating a more independent, modernized, industrialized, and powerful China.