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*Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a scientist in the 1800s. He wrote the orgin of the species and the voyage of the beagle. He is best known for his contributions to the theory of evolution. -
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosophical critic of enlightenment. -
*Second Industrial Revolution
The second industrial is belived to have started around 1860. Unlike the first industrial revolution the second was lead by Germany instead of Britain. The main materials were steel, chemicals, electricity, and oil. -
Education act
The education act of 1870 established school boards and districts with out church schools. -
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Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the UK during WW2. -
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Joseph Stalin
Leader of The Soviet union from mid 1920s untill his death in 1953 -
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Leon Trotsky
Marxist Revolutionary leader. -
Married womens property act
Married women could now own property. -
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Benito Mussolini
Italian fascist leader. -
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Harry Truman
Harry truman was the 33rd president of the United States. -
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Nikolai Bukharin
Soviet Politican. -
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Adolf hitler
Leader of Nazi germany. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the United States. -
education act
The education a t of 1902 gave support to both religious and non religious schools. -
bloody sunday
In 1905 the tsar's troops violently put down a protest the tsar lost support from citizens. -
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World war i
First global war, centered in Europe. -
women given right to vote
In 1918 women were given the right to vote. -
* Nuremburg laws
The nuremburg laws were introduced on sep. 15 1935. The laws excluded the German Jewish population from citizenship. It also did not allow for Jews to marrie Germans. -
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Spanish Civil War
War between the republicans and the nationalist. -
*Nazi- Soviet nonagression pact
The Nazi-Soviet nonagression pact was put in place befor WW2. It was a treaty that prevented military conflict between Nazi-Germany and the Soviet union. The treaty was supost to last for 10 years. -
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*world war 2
Glodal war between the alliances which included Britain, the united states, france and the soviet union. And the Axis which included Nazi Germany, Japan, and Italy. It resulted in a victory for the alliance. -
*Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was first introduced in 1942 to create the first US nuclear weapons. this was in response to the nuclear weapons being built by nazi germany. The united states later unes this technology on Japan. -
* Battle of the Bulge
The last Major German Offense. Last effort to divide the allie forces. Resulted it an Allie victory. This battle is seen as the turning point of the war. -
*VE Day
May 8th 1945 is known as VE day because it was the end of the war in Europe. The war ended in an Allied victory. This also helped with the end of the war in Japan. -
VJ Day
The end of war in Japan. -
*Molotov Plan
System created by the soviet union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in eastern europe. The countries it is rebuilding were the 7 satellite states. -
Truman Doctrine
American foreiggn policy created to counter soviet geopolitical hegemony during the cold war. -
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Cold War
The cold war was after world war 2 between the united states and the soviet union. -
Marshal Plan
An American initiative to aid western Europe in which the United States gave 13 billion in economic support. -
NATO
North Alantic treaty organization intergovernmental military alliance based on the North atlantic treaty. -
State of Israel
Middle eastern country created for the jewish population. -
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The Korean War
Conflict between North and South Korea. In which South korea was aided by the united nations. -
*Warsaw Pact
Colective defence treaty among sovietunion and seven soviet satellite states in central and eastern Europe in existence during the cold war. Was created in reaction to the integration of west germany into NATO. -
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The Cold war