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Chinese Nationalists oust the last Qing emperor, Puyi
The chinese Nationalists felt like they needed to modernize, so the Nationalists took over and turned it into a republic -
World War I begins as Austria declares war of Serbia
Austria launched war on Serbia after a Serbian assassin in the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
U.S. Enters the war
the US entered the war in 1917 after the Germans used Unrestricted submarine warfare to sink the Lusitania. The Zimmerman telegram also told Mexico that the germans would help regain the land that the mexicans lost to the US -
Armistice signed as Allies defeat Central Powers
A person from the German republic met with a French officer in a car to sign the armistice to end the Great War -
Gandhi leads Indian campaign of civil disobedience
Ghandi led the campaign because he thought that if he did, then the British would give them their independence. Ghandi followed up on his part of the deal, but the British didn't -
Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic
Mustafa Kemal worked really hard to make Turkey a republic. He wanted their government to be just like the US's. -
Mao Zedong heads Long March
The Chinese communists were chased out of China by the nationalists. The communists, led by Mao Zedong, went on a long a tretcheroud march to evade the nationalists