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industrisl revolution
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1st successful steam engine is built
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mexico delares its independence
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michael faradays dynamo
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taiping rebelion
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sepoy mutiny in india
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karl marx's "das kapital"
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the meiji restoration
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Franco-prussian war
the southern german states were not includd in the north germany confederation.in 1870 there was a conflict brewing in france over slsace and lorraine. prussia won the war and a treaty declared the unification of germany. -
spanish american war begins
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boxer rebellion
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russa-japanese war
i the early 1900's japan was building an empire and viewed russia as a threat to their plans. in 1904 russia attacked and defeated russia. the defeat was a shock to russians and added to the call for change in russia. -
franz ferdinand is killed
franz the archduke of austria wated to visit the bosnian city of sarajevo. serbia wanted to unite the slavs of bosnia but austria-hungary stood in the way. serbia convinced the terorist group called the black hand to assassinate franz ferdinand which started world war 1. -
U.S joins WW1
americca joined becauseof the attack on an american ship carrying innocent people. woodrow wilson wanted to stay neutral but the attacks and the rumor of germany trying to get mexico to attack america push the U.S into the war. the american public was upset by the german attacks and the zimmermann note and they called for war. -
Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
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Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy
after world war 1 new political ideas rose in italy. the new political system was fascist. mussolinni was the leader of the party he believed that italy has lost itss glory and he wanted to restore it. -
Treaty of Versailles is signed
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Russia becomes the USSR
in 1922 the russian economy ws begining to improve. russia reunited with countries that were part of the russin empire before 1917. this new country was known as the soviet union -
Stalin’s rule in the USSR begins
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Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Germany attacks Poland – WWII begins
part of the treaty of versailles is germany cant attack other countries. when germany attacked poland they broke the treaty and delcared war. all of polands european allies went to war with germany -
Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
the japeneese planned their attack for months. aircraft carriers were closing in on peral harbor and america had no idea. 2400 american troops were killed. -
U.S declares war on japan
after the attack on peral harbor america openly declared war on japan. america was trying to stay nuetral but wasnt going to let an attack like this happen. since japan was allies with germany they joined world war 2. -
D-day
d-day was a joint operation between america canada and england. the operation was a way for the allies to get a foot hold in france. the operation was a success but it wasnt without bloodshed. the american landing point called omaha beach was by far the blodiest part of the operation -
U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
after okinawa the allies needed to take japan. The military comanders decided it would be to costly to try and invade. they planned on using the bomb to make japan surender -
Nuremberg trials are held
Trials that were held for nazis after world war 2. the trials were held from 1945 to 1949. they tried more then 200 nazis and miltary officials -
Apartheid in South Africa
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Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic of China
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Korean War is fought
this was a war between the north and south parts of korea. the north was pro communist and the south anti communist. this conflict is still going on -
Vietnam War is fought
in 1954 representatives from france, vietnam, america, the soviet union, and other nations met in switzerland to establish a peace agreement for vietnam. the united states suppported soutn vietnam against the comunist north. the american people were largely oposed to the war. -
Fidel Castro’s Communism in Cuba
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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Persian Gulf War begins
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USSR collapses & Russia is back
when lithuania declared indeoendants it marked the beging of the end for the ussr. some people tried to stage a coup but it failed. even though the coup faied gorbachev lost most of his power -
NAFTA is formed
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WTO is formed