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The Spark of WWI
SourcesIn 1914 when all countries wrere ready for war but waiting for a reason, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was murdered by a serbian. -
Trench Warfare and Treaty of Versailles
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Trench Warfare was a form of fighting in World War 1. Troops would dig out trenches, so that they could not be seen, nor fired at. This idea lead to the defeat of Germany and Austria-Hungry. The tready of Versailles was signed at Versailles, surrundering power and limiting resouces from the defeated countires. -
Tsar Nicholas II is Thrown From Power
SourcesRussian tsars are all-powerful rulers. Tsar Nicholas was thrown from power when the russian revolution happened. Lenin took power after Nicholas and was named the USSR. -
The rise of Communism and Joseph Stalin
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Communism was a form of government in which everyone was paid the same amount. Communism seemed fair to most people, but in reality, it was brutallly unfair. After the death of Vladmiir Lenin, Joseph Stalin took over ruler. He was a horrible ruler, and is responsible for the deaths of over ten million people. -
The Roaring Twenties
SourcesAfter the war, America rejoiced and thrived. With the troops home everyone was in high spirits, buying new things they couldn't have before and even producing the first jazz music. -
The Great Depression, Hoovervilles and Stock Market
Image In 1929, the stock market crashed, or dropped sharply in the market value of companies owned by investors. The worldwide economic downturn of the 1930s is known as the Great Depression. On an average, 1 in 4 Americans were without a job, and were living out of homes covered by metal, called Hoovervilles. This is the worst economic time in the US. -
America During the Depression
SourcesAfter the twenties, America's economy hit an all time low. After spending and spending in the previous decades citizens and banks were out of money. Many people lost their homes, having to live in Hoovervilles of cardboard homes and trying to make a life riding the rails, where many men died. http://us-history.com/1920s-the-great-depression/ -
Roosevelts New Deal
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30th, 1882. He was elected president in the middle of the Great Depression, and turned the world around for most Americans. He lead them out of debt, unemployment and homelessness. He died April 12th, 1945 of a massive stroke. -
The Holocaust
ImageThe Holocaust was Hitler's mass killing of Jews during WW II. The Nazis would send the Jews to Concentration Camps, where they wuld be worked to death, torturd or simply killed. These were considered the worst horrors done by the Nazis. -
WWII: Nazi Germany
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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
SourcesOn the morning of December 7, 1941 Japan launched a surprise air attack on the Pearl Harbor navy base in Hawaii. -
Atomic Bombs - Japan
ImageThe atomic bomb was one of the most powerful weapons ever used in world wars. The united States dropped an atomic bomb of the cities of Japan. Over 100,000 people were killed, and Japan was forced to surrender. -
The Cold War: Communism vs Capitalism
SourcesAfter WWII tensions were high between the two main suerpowers America and the Soviet Union. America made a policy against communism. The period of tension between America and the Soviet Union is called the Cold War, it lasted from 1947 to 1991. -
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The Korean War
In 1950, communist North Korea invaded noncommunist South Korea. During the war, The United states supported South Jorea, while communist China supported North Korea. The war ended in 1953 in a stalemate. -
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End of the Cold War
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In 1991, the Cold war finally came to an end. The communist rule in the Solviet Union was no more, and the rest of Europe had for the most part, rejected the idea of communism. This came to the result of more countries adopteing capitalism to birng in more wealth.
