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World War One
WW1 began in Europe in the 1900's. Many countries built strong armies and navies and formed many alliances. The growth of alliances kept tensions high. Europe was like gunpowder keg and one spark could set it off. The spark that started the war was the murder of Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Then the sytem of alliances caused the war to spread. The war ended in 1918 because the Central powers surrended.
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The morning of December 7th, 1914, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. More than 2400 Americans died after just 2 hours of bombing, 21 ships got damaged and more than 188 U.S. aircrafts were destroyed.The attack of Pear Harbor outraged Americans, that the U.S. abandoned its policy isolationalism and went to war on Japan the next day. That brought U.S.into World War Two with Japan.
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Overthrowing Tsar Nicholas
Tsars had rulled Russia for hudrends of years, they were absolute rulers. Russians grew more unhuppy with their government in the 1900's. In 1917 tsar Nicholas II gave up his thrown because a revolution forced him to. Later Vladimir Lenin took control of the government and he made peace with Germany, and exacuted tsar and his family. Then the Russian Empire was renamed The Soviet Union.
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The Roaring Twenties
The roaring twenties started in the middle 1920s in America and other countries. The economy grew fast and many people enjoyed great wealth. During this time the Untied States was richer than any other country had been. Americans bought so many new things. Jazz music flourished. People lived a very fast-paced life sytle and they got the name The Roaring Twenties.
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US during the Depression
In August1929 the stock market crashed of companies owned by inventors. The economy of the US and other countirues went from boom to bust. This lasted through the 1930's. About one fourth of americans couldnt find jobs, because the economy was so weak. Many left and went to travel looking for a job. Millions became homeless and couldnt eat.
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World War 2 Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler, a political ledaer took advantage of Germany disconetent. The Nazi party was led by him. Hitler and Nazis promised that they would make Germany great again. Nazi Germany built up their armed forces. using threats and military force he took control of land that bordered Germany.
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Roisevelt's new deal
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust is when the Nazi’s captured all the Jews and would kill them of. Over 6 million Jews were killed during it. They eould not get any food because they Nazies where not very nice about the food. When the US found the camps they let all the Jews go. Today there are not a lot of survivers of the Holocaust.
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Atomic bombs
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The cold war- communism and capitalism
The Soviet Union and The U.S had differnt economies and governments. The soviet union was a communist country and Untied States was a capitalism country. Comunnism is where the government controlled property and business. and Capitalism was the opposite. Eatern Europe rejected it in 1989 when communist tried to control them. It ended because they demanded reforms. Capitalism prduced more wealth and communist couldnt compete.
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North Korea
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Vietnam
In southeast Asia Vietnam split into communist North Vietnam and noncommunist South Vietnam. In the 1960's the United States sent troops to help South Vietnam and to fight communism in the Vietnam War. Millions of vietnams died, and thousands of Americans died in the war. North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam in 1975. The whole vietnam country became comunnist.
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