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Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist party, defeated the last emperor, Henry Puyi. China was in need for revolution and change.
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Because a 19 year old Serbian killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the prince of Austria, Austria declared war on Serbia.
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There were many reasons for the US entering WWI. First it was the sinking of Lusitania, a British ship with US citizens on it, and the Germans sank it. Then the Zimmerman Telegraph, caused by the Germans, was offering US land back to Mexico.
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In 1918, an armistice was singed to seize fire. It was the Treaty of Versailles, and no one liked it except the French. None of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were in it, there was a war guilt clause for the Germans.
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Gandhi wanted independence for India. He created his campaign of civil disobedience so India would achieve its independence from Britain without violence.
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The Great War caused the Ottoman Empire to fall, and so then it became Turkey. Mustafa Kemal made it into a republic so his country would thrive.
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The Long March was 6,000 miles long and it was a chase between the Nationalists and Communists. The Nationalists were chasing the Communists, and many people died from the cold and hunger.
