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World War 1- the Cause and Spark
World War 1 was the first global war in the 1900s. The world was so caught up in nationalism that Serbia assasinated the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary had quite a few allies so naturally, the Austria-Hungary's allies fought back. The allies had allies and evedentually a world war broke out. One sids was the Allied Powers, Russia, France, Brittain, Serbia, and later the United States. The other side was the Central Powers, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. -
Trench Warfare
It was a form of warfare. Soldiers would dig trenches deeper that their tallest soldier. It gave the defender an advantage. They would shoot their machine guns from the trenches and it would be less likely that they would get hit. -
Overthrowing Tsar Nicholas
In the early 1900s, Russians became more and more upset with their government. In 1917, a revolution forced Tsar Nicholas II to give up the throne, and later that year rebels led by Vladimir Lenin took control of the government. In 1918, Lenin's government made peace with Germany, but they killed the tsar and his family. -
Rise of Communism
Russia was in a horrible economic state after and at the end of the war. Lenin came to power and became the dictator. Together they formed a communist party, and people were promised a share of everyone's wealth. The people agreed to Communism because they were so sick of poverty. -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty that ended World War 2. It was signed at Versailles in France and it stated that the Allied Forces won. Because of the treaty the Central Powers had to pay huge fines for battle damage. -
The Roaring Twenties
The 1920s were a time of great prosperity in the United States where the economy grew rapidly. The US was richer than any country had ever been. Americans used their wealth to buy new things such as cars, electronic appliances, and radios. Jazz music also flourished. -
The Great Depression-Hoovervilles and Stock Market
In 1929, there was a stock market crash. This started the Great Depression, which was the worldwide economic downturn of the 1930s. Many traveled to find work by jumping on trains and lived in Hoovervilles, which were slums named after President Hoover, and where people built homes out of whatever they could find. Almost every country suffered. The Great Depression ended when the production of goods started to increase. -
Roosevelt's New Deal
Rosevelt's New Deal was signed to help end the Great Depression. It focused on relief, recover, and reform. The deal extreemely helped the Depression. -
The Holocaust
The Great depression took a great toal on Germany. Desperate times cause for desperate measures. The German leader, Adolf Hitler, decided that Germany would save a lot of money if the overpopulated Jews were eliminated across Europe. A network of over 40,000 facilities in Germany and German-occupied territory were used to concentrate, hold, and kill Jews and other victims. Over one million Jewish Children were killed and over six million in all. -
World War II - Nazi Germany
The Great Depression hit Germany extemely hard. German people felt like they had been unfairly punished for their part in WWI. A political leader, Adolf Hitler, took advantage of Germany's struggles. Hitler led a group called the Nazi Party and he became the dictator of Germany. Hitler and the Nazis promised to make Germany great again. They built up their armies and took control of lands bordering Germany using threats and military forces. -
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin became the Leader of the Soviat Union. He killed a lot of people in order to gain more power and money for Russia. Some people think he killed as many people as Hitler. He became the Dictator after Lenin. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes flew South and West to perform a surprise attack. The objective was to destroy British and American defenses, The president and US commander had an eight hour warning of the attack. Half the ships were in the harbor at the time and were destroyed, The US then declared war on Japan. The Adolf Hitler, betting on Japan to win, declared war on the US. The United States surrendered. -
The Cold War
Although the United States and Soviet Union cooperated during WWII, they had different governments. The Soviet Union was a communist country .The US was a capitalist country. Starting in 1945, the Soviet Union took control of Eastern European countries and forced them to adopt communism. The iron curtain separated those countries from the democratic countries of Western Europe. The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism throughout the world. -
Atomic Bombs
Atomic bombs were an extreme bomb used in WW2. Later in the war America bombed Nagasaki, Japan with these bombs, causing their surrender. Many were killed and WW2 wouldn't be the same without these Atomic bombs. -
Vietnam
Vietnam had split into communist North Vietnam and noncommunist South Vietnam. In the 1960s, the United States sent troops to support South Vietnam and to fight communism in the Vietnam War. Thousands of Americans and millions of Vietnamese died. In 1975, North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam. The whole country became communist. -
End of the Cold War
The Cold War was not an actual war, but a state of military and political tension between the Soviat Union and America. During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union transformed into it's component republics. Suddenly the tension was lifted and the Cold War came to an end. -
North Korea
The Korean Peninsula was governed by the Korean Empire from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, until it was annexed by the Empire of Japan in 1910, after the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II. It was divided into two parts, North, and South Korea. North Korea follows the Songun policy and is known as the "hermit kingdom".
