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Chinese Nationalists oust the last Qing emperor, Puyi
This ends the thousands of years of rule by an emporer in China. This sets the stage for the next leaders. Communism and Nationalism come out of this -
World War I begins as Austria declares war of Serbia
The next-in-line leader of Austria, Archduke Franz-Ferdinand, is assinated by the Black Hand. Austria-Hungary uses this as an excuse to start a war with Serbia, and eventually, all of Europe is sucked into this war. -
U.S. Enters the war
US enters the war because of 3 things: The Zimmermann telegram, which was intercepted from the Germans to the Mexicans saying that if they help in the war, Mexico gets land from the USA. This outraged the USA. The next thing was the Sinking of the Lusitania ship, which was shot down by the Germans and it contained many US citizens on it. The final thing was that the USA loaned more money to England than it did to Germany. -
Armistice signed as Allies defeat Central Powers
The seize-fire was signed to end the war. The Allied Powers won the war, most likely because of the extra aid of the USA. This eventually led to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Gandhi leads Indian camapaign of civil disobedience
Ghandi wanted to help India gain independence from England, and to do so, he protested peacefully. He sewed his own clothes with his own wheel and got many other people to do the same thing. This generated a lot less money for England. Next, he led the salt march, which was to protest on the taxes that were placed on salt by the British, and they walked hundreds of miles to evaporate saltwater from the ocean and make their own salt. -
Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic
After the Ottoman empire breaks down, Turkey is left alone as a country. Kemal takes charge of Turkey and becomes their first president. He wanted reforms, so he improved their infrastructure, education, womens rights, and shaped Turkey's government. TOday he is known as Attaturk, Father of the Turks. -
Mao Zedong heads Long March
The leader of the Communist Party, Zedong, knows he is facing defeat and takes his fellow Communists to run away from the Nationalists, a whole 6000 miles across China. When they get to the area of Manchuria, he finds more people to join his party and then they had a large army, and attacked the Nationalists. During the March, many people died from cold and exposure.