Australia and the Modern world significance

By NiDav

  • Wall Street crash

    Wall Street crash
    -Stock Market Crash in United States
    -Known as Black Tuesday, The crash was the most devastating in the history of USA
    -Caused Great Depression and many people became Unemployed because of the Bank crash

  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria
    -One of the causes of World War 2
    -Japanese armies attacked Chinese troops in manchuria and it was an attempt of the japanese empire to gain control over the province.
    -Japans intention was to capture East Asia

  • The Blitz

    The Blitz
    -Bombing attacks on London
    -Blitz is the german word for Blitzkreig which means Lightning War
    -Heavy and frequent bombing attacks on London and other cities
    -Londo was bombed every day and night for 11 weeks

  • Fall of Singapore

    Fall of Singapore
    -One of the Greatest defeats in the history of Britain
    -Worst defeat of Britain in Word war 2. Japan Armies captures Singapore

  • Fall of Hitler

    Fall of Hitler
    World War 2 Hitler Falls due to many reasons.
    Lack of Supply
    Us entrance of the War
    Loss of general Romnec who was needed to win the war

  • Hiroshima bombing

    Hiroshima bombing
    Bombings of Hiroshima in Japan was conducted by the United states during the final stages of World war 2 in 1945. Japan Surrenders to its allies after the bombings

  • Montgomery Bus Strike/Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Strike/Boycott
    -Racial Segregation
    -The political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on a public Transit Bus.
    -Rosa Parks an African Women arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person

  • Publication of Rachel Carlson's Silent Spring

    Publication of Rachel Carlson's Silent Spring
    -Effects of pesticides on the evinronment.
    -Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carlson and the book was read by manny and it documented detrimental effects of pesticides on the evinronment. Particularly on birds

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    -Part of the Cold War
    -Knwon as October crisis in Cuba
    -The War between soviet union, Cuba and United States of America

  • Campaign to Save Lake Pedder (Tas) fails (1973)

    Campaign to Save Lake Pedder (Tas) fails (1973)
    -Saving of the flooding lake (Failed)
    -2 People part of the Lake Pedder Action group flew to Canberra in attempt to skywrite the message to save Lake Pedder to the Federal Government in effor to stop the flooding