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World War 1:cause and spark
A serbian killed the archduke Ferdinand and it began in Europe. Countries made rivals and alliances. Russia France and Great Britain sided with Serbia and the U.S. joined them later in the war. The central powers where Germany and Austria-Hungary. -
Trench Warfare and Treaty of Versailles
Soldiers fought from dug in positions, striking eachother with machine guns, heavy artillery, and chemical weapons. The treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after WW1 -
Overthrowing Tsar Nicholas
Tsar Nicholas was an absolute monarch and he only taxed the poor people and then pretty soon everyone was living in poverty. He was giving all of the money to the army, so the people rebelled and threw him out of rule. -
The Rise of Communism and Joseph Stalin
In a communist social society all ownership would be abolished. Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the USSR from 1929-1953. Under stalin the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign -
The roaring twenties
The economy grew rapidly during this time. During the 1920s the U.S. was richer than any other country in the world. People baught many new things, like cars, electric appliances, and radios for the first time. New art forms such as jazz music was a new thing in the 20s and it flourished. -
The Great Depression - Hoovervilles & Stock Market
The great depression was a severe worldwide economic depression. It was the longest, most widespread and deepest depression of the 20th century. The great depression had devastating effects in countries rich and poor. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped while international trade plunged by more than 50%. -
America during the Depression
In 1929 there was a stock market crash. This big down tourn lasted through the 30s. One of four people in America couldn't find jobs. Many traveled on the road trying to find jobs. One million people became homeless. Most people lived in what are called hoovervilles: named afrer Herbert Hoover which was the president during the Great Depression and it was a house made out of anything you could find.http://dakiniland.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/hooverville.jpg -
Roosevelt's New Deal
The new deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938. They involved laws passed by congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of FDR's run. The programs were in response to the great depression and focused on what historians call the "3 R's". Relief, Recovery, and Reform. -
WWII-Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler formed the Nazi party. He promised to make Germany great again after there defeat in WWI. In 1939 Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the mass murder of approximately six million jews. A network of over 40,000 facilities in Germany and German-occupied territory were used to concentrate, hold, and kill jews and other victims. The Holocaust was a deathly experience for many and the event will never be forgotten -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor inHawaii. Our president at the time then declared war on Japan. Most of the war was fought in the Pacific Ocean. -
Atomic Bombs - Japan
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. A 'little boy" bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 followed by the 'fat man" bomb on the city of Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945. This left approximately 170,000 people dead and this caused the end of World War II. -
The Cold War - Communism vs. Capitalism
The Soviet Union was a communist country and the Unites States was a capitalist country. The Unites States made a policy to contain communism. This period of tension from 1945 to1991 is known as the cold war. -
North Korea
This was a war between North and Soutn Korea. The faliure to hold free elections throughout the korean penninsula in 1948 deepened the division between North and South Korea. The North established a communist government and the South established a right-wing government. -
Vietnam
In the 1960s the Unites States tried to stop communism in Vietnam but they were unsucessful. This was one of the "hot wars" during the Cold War. -
End of the Cold War
The Cold War ended whem communism falied. Basically also ended when the Soviet Union clasped. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the sredding of the Iron Curtain symbolized this.
