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WW1-WW2
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Archduke Assassination
The Black Hand decided to assassinate him because of his perceived threat to Serbian independence. This political event was attempted and failed the first time. However the Archdukes' driver had the wrong message and took the same route and gave the black hand the chance they needed to get the job done. -
Stock Market Crash
During this time people were trying their best to raise money for the war effort. This caused a very large number of foreign investors to start selling the stock the held in hopes of being able to help in some way financially. This stopped bond trading for nearly four months. a safegaurd was then designed to help Americas economy to prevent financial ruin. -
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Battle of Verdun
The Germany's Army attacked France causing a very deadly battle. France tried standing their ground though and met every attack made by Germany with a counter-attack. This socially and economically effected France because they continued to loose soldiers and in turn lead to less workers and the economy started to fall. -
Russia's Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The treaty of Brest-Litovsk between Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire had a big Political impact that served as an end to Russia's participation in WW1. under this new treaty Russia lost all of Ukraine and most of Belarus however Russia had agreed to stop further invasion. -
The Treaty of Versailles
This document was signed at the end of world war 1 that stated peace terms between Germany and other allies. This document held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed penalties that didn't solve and of the economic distress at the time. Germany lost mass amounts of territory massive payments and demilitarization. -
Rise of Hitler
Hitler was a dictator leader of Germany. Hitler was able to rie to power as quickly as he did by capitalizing off of a political inbalance at the time that gave him jsut enough leverage witht he people that politicians saw no harm in putting him in power, however he did start to impose his own ideas on who was to blame( hitler blamed the jews) leading his Nazi party to be very powerful. -
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The holocaust
what we now know as the holocaust was known as Hitlers "final solution". This tragic spread out event killing well over 11 million people some being children, European jews, Romoni people, homosexuals and others that Hitler saw as a burden to his society he had planned. Hitler used concentration camps, gas chambers, and forced labor to torture and kill these people all as part of his "final solution". -
Pearl Harbor Attack
The Japanese attack on pearl harbor was one that took around 2,400 american lives as well as wounding around another 1,000 people and among those being civilians as well. This attack was was led president at the time Franklin Roosevelt to work with congress and declare war on japan. This attack also left america loosing many technological items in the attack including 20 navy vessels, 8 battleships, and over 300 airplanes. -
Fall of Hitler
After the people started to turn against Hitler in the 1940's Hitler was no longer a storng social figure he was in turn hatted and many of the people who were up in command with him went n trial ,however Hitler took the easy way out because he knew it wouldn't end well for him ether way and killed himself in a Berlin bunker in 1945 which was the end of Hitler.