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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Austria declared war on Serbia
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Germans sank RMS Lusitania
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World War I
Congress declared war on Germany -
End of Russian involvement
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Allied Victory
Armistice signed 11 am -
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Fascism
Benito Mussolini, Italy -
Treaty of Versailles
Officially ending WWI -
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The Great Depression
The single most greatest economic collapse -
Wall Street Crash
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The New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform -
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Nazism
Adolf Hitler, Germany -
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Neutrality Acts
Forbade extending most forms of aide to any warring parties -
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World War II
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Germany invades Poland
forcing the world into the greatest war -
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Golden Age of Capitalism
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Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor -
League of Nations
Maintain peace and International security -
Germany surrenders
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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
Soviet blockaded rail, road, water access to Allied controlled areas -
NATO and WARSAW Pact
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Red Scare
fear over the spread of communism -
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Korean War
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Soviet shipped missiles to Cuba
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Kennedy blockaded Cuba
most confrontational period in US-Soviet history -
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Stock Market Crash