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Industrial Revolution
Mid-1700’s England had to use 3 things to help to industrialize: Natural Resources, Plenty of Workers, and Capital. The Factory owners needed capital to get building factories. Economists had divided the people of the world to jump into the industrial nations and developing nations. -
Imperialism
Imperialism occurs when industrialized nation takes control of other nations land and territories for economic and political gain more money. Allow them to pay for the armies and going out to conquer and controlling other nations of the world. They wants to increase their political power and prestige. -
French Revolution
France needed money because they wanted to spent a lot of money for helping the American colonies to go against British. The government put King Louis XVI on trial for treason and they executed him. The Republic had fought to bring freedom to all the common people in Europe. -
Nationalism
The leaders of Austria, Prussia, Great Britain and Russia met Vienna to restructure Europe. The Congress felt that nationalism was part of the disease of the French Revolution. Rome became the most capital and the home of the Pope. -
WWI
U.S. Congress had declared the war on Germany and more than a million of American soldiers landed in Europe. Germany agreed to an armistice and ending the fighting. Britain, France, Italy, and the U.S. met in France to creating the peace treaty. -
Before WWII
Germany in depression was Hitler had tool over. Nazis become the most largest political party in German. Hitler rebuilt the German army into powerful war for the machine. -
WWII
Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor has attacked by Japanese planes. The Allies had won a great naval victory at the Midway Island in the Pacific. End of the war the Nazis had killed over 6 million Jews. -
Cold War/ Korean War
Korea had lied between China and Japan. In 1910 Japan made Korea part of the empire. June 25, 1950 Communist troops made the crossed of the border into South Korea. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
October 16, 1962 the military advisors urged to had an airstrike on the missile sites and an invasion of the island. Cuban Missile Crisis reveals the fragile human politics and compared to terrifying the power so they can unleash. Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev was happy to comply by secretly deploying the nuclear missiles to Cuba. -
Space Race
The Americans and Soviets captured Germany's rockets engineers. On April 1961 Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became a hero in the Soviet Union and a celebrity worldwide. US Soviet space flight and the handshake between commanders of both crafts symbolize the good improvements and needs.
