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WWI- The Cause and the Spark
http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/images/decorations/how_big_was_US_army_in_WW1_France copy.jpg The start of WWI began in Europe. Many armies and navies were built . Alliences formed and were rapidly built. Archduke Franz Ferdinad of Austria-Hungary was murdered by a Serb. Austria-Hungary and Serbia were now at war. -
Overthrowing Tsar Nicholas
http://trcs.wikispaces.com/file/view/CzarNicholasII.jpg/39477964/CzarNicholasII.jpg The Russians grew more & more unhappy with their government in the early 1900's. The year of 1917 marked when a revolution forced Nicholas II to give up the throne. Leader of the rebels, Vladimir Lenin, took control of the government. In 1922, Lenin renamed the Russian Empire the USSR, or the Soviet Union. -
The rise of Communism and Joseph Stalin
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100208033218/assassinscreed/images/b/b6/Joseph-stalin3.gif Lenin belonged to a Communist Party and established Communism in Russia. The idea of sharing the money equally was supported because they were poor, hungry, and needed pay.
Joseph Stalin took over as didcator after Lenin. He ruled ruthlessly from 1924 to 1953 and is responsible for the deaths of an estimated 10 million people. -
Trench Warfare and Treaty of Versailles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/magazine_faces_of_battle/img/3.jpg Trench Warfare was when soldiers dug large trenches in order to protct themselves from new machine guns.
The Treaty of Versailles signaled the end of WWI and was signed at Versailles. The Central Powers lost, and were forced to pay money to rebuild France, Russia, and Great Britain. They also were not allowed many weapons in case they would regain too much power. -
The Roaring Twenties
http://missionviejolife.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/theroaringtwenties.jpg The middle and late 1920's were a great time of prosperity in America and other countries. The U.S. was richer than any other country had ever been. Many Americans used their wealth to buy cars, electric appliances, and radios. Art, such as jazz music, was rapidly booming. -
The Great Depression-Hoovervilles and Stock Market
In 1929 the Stock Market crashed putting America into ruin. Thousands of banks closed as well as thousands of companies.
People couldn't afford to have houses so they set up Hoovervilles. These consisted of shacks made of scraps and garbage, and are called Hoovervilles because people blamed Herbert Hoover for the Great Depression. -
America During the Depression
http://www.asianweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/greatdepression1.jpg The Great Depression was the worldwide economic downturn of the '30's. America's economy was so weak, about 1/4 of America couldn't find work. This sent Americans to go desparately looking for a job around the country. Many went very hungry. -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the persecution and killing of approximatey six million Jews by the Nazi Regime and allies. They believed the Jews as well as other groups such as gypsies and the disabled, were an inferior race and threat to the superior Germany. -
Roosevelt's New Deal
In 1933 when Franklin D. Roosevelt took office he worked efficiently to fix the economical situation. He had the government set up programs and projects to help restore order to the chaos the Great Depression had brought. These programs offered jobs and pay to the quarter of Americans that were unemployed. -
WWII-Nazi Germany
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/30/article-1371512-005D3DAF00000258-315_468x286.jpg Adolf Hitler took advantage of the German government. He led and started the Nazi Party. The Nazis promised to reform Germany. Once Hitler was dictator, he built up his armed forces and took control of the areas bordering Germany. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/pearl_harbor/pearl_harbor_01.jpg Japan attacked American forces at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The U.S. declared war on the Axis Powers after the bombing. That same year, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviets then joined the Allies. -
The Cold War-Communism vs. Capitalism
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0oe6F0O8ZLk/UVtxt7AcG2I/AAAAAAAABY0/MMqbYCM8HRY/s320/Cold-War-Flags.jpg The Soviet Union believed in communism. The U.S. was a capitalist country. In 1945, the USSR controlled Eastern European countries into believing in communism. The Iron Curtain separated Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe. -
Atomic Bombs-Japan
To end WWII the United States bombed Hiroshima, Japan with an atomic bomb. This bombing flattened the city and killed tens of thousands of people. Then three days later as Japan was still reeling from devastation the United States struck again on Nagasakai. -
North Korea
The Korean war began when around 75,000 soldiers from the Communist North Korea poured over the 38th parallel dividing them from the Republic of South Korea. American soldiers came in for South Korea and the fighting was stalled for a time. Eventually the Korean War ended and the country is still divided today. -
Vietnam
http://nehta.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Vietnam-war-soldier.jpg Vietnam split into communist North Vietnam and noncommunist South Vietnam. During the '60's, the U.S. sent troops to help out South Vietnam and to fight communism. Thousands of U.S. soldiers died as did millions of Vietnamese. 1975 marked when North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam. They are now communist. -
End of Cold War
The Cold War began to end when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 freeing much of Eastern Europe. It officially came to and end when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and the Soviet Union became Russia and a capitalist country.
