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Industrial Revolution
It started in Great Britain because it had good natural resources. During this period, lots of new, different inventions were being utilized. -
1st successful steam engine
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Mexico declares independence
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Michael Faradays Dynamo
He found the connection between magnetism and electricity. The dynamo was a machine that made electricity by moving a magnet though copper wiring. -
Taiping Rebellion
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Sepoy Mutiny in India
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Karl Marx's "Das Kapital"
Karl Marx provided another view on socialism. In Das Kapital he put his arguments against capitalism. He said that capitalism disrupts the relationship between labor and profit. -
The Meiji Restoration
The emporer at the time didnt have much power, the shogun had more power than the emporer. The Japanese people werent happy with the way that the shogun was running things. They eventually forced the shogun to step down. -
Franco-Prussian War
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Spanish-American War begins
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Boxer Rebellion
The Boxers started attacking missionaries. In June of the year 1990 they attacked foreign compounds in Beijing. They held those people from Beijing hostage for 55 days. -
Russo-Japenese war
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Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
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U.S joins WW1
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Treaty of Versailles is signed
The treaty got its name from the French Palace of Versailles. This is also where the treaty was signed. Germany was being forced to pay large amounts of money to the war victims. -
Russia becomes the USSR
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Stalin's Rule in the USSR begins
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Black Tuesday stock market crash
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Hitler becomes Chancelor of Germany
He secretly began to rebuild the German military, it was weak since WW1. Not long after, he publicly announced his plan to re-arm Germany. He didnt even change his mind after he fould out what he was doing went against the treaty of Versailles. -
Mussolini's Facist Part in Italy
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Germany attacks Poland-WW2 begins
German forces used "blitzkrieg" or "lightning war" against Poland. These also referred to the planes in the air, they were fast moving and afterwards, the men on foot came through. -
Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
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U.S declares war on Japan
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D-Day
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U.S drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
There was a lot of people killed when the bomb was dropped. More the 70,000 people were killed. Thousands of buildings were demolished but Japan still didnt surrender. -
Apartheid in South Africa
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Nuremburg Trials are held
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Mao Zedong's People's Republic of China
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Korean war is fought
Allies had gotten control of the Korean Peninsula. Soviet Union and United States decided that it would be better to divide the country in half temporarily. This resulted in the Soviets creating their own government on their side. -
Vietnam War is fought
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Fidel Castro's Communism in Cuba
He forced close ties with the Soviet Union. What he was doing was making United States nervous because he was very close to Florida. The United States hoped to over power him and started secretly training and invasion of almost 1500 Cuban's. -
Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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Persian Gulf War begins
U.S forces took role as a peacekeeping for missions around the world. The 1990s were also exposed to terrorist attacks. -
USSR collapses and Russia is back
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NAFTA is formed
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WTO is formed
150 countries are members of WTO. The WTO monitors national trade policies and helps figure out arguments about trade. This was also similar to OPEC, another group that had a major effect on trade.