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Pan-Africanism
Ideology to unite Africans. -
Woman's suffrage
Woman's right to vote caused a gender role transformation. -
Deforestation
18 million acres of trees (size of Panama) deforested a year. This is ongoing event from 1919-present -
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Major Events
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Wall Street Crash
America's worst stock market crash. Led to 10-year Great Depression. Affected all Western-industrialized nations. -
Zainab Al-Ghazali
She fought for woman's liberation is Islamic Framework. She gave muslim women a voice. -
Holocaust
Genocide of Jewish People, or any other discriminated groups. This was a result of racial/ethnic construction -
The Fair Labor Standards Act
Set a national minimum wage, maximum hour standard, and restrictions of child labor. -
Green Revolution
Agricultural production increased due to research, technology, and development. -
India's Independence
Part of the British Empire dissolved into Pakistan and India which was the result of revolts. -
Korean War
Proxy War due to poltics of communism. -
Civil Right's Movement
Racial construction Transformation. -
Vietnam War
Proxy war due to politics of spreading communism. -
Nationalization of Suez Canal
This canal creates more efficient trade route. Goods can go through this chanel instead of going around Africa. -
Ghana
First African country to have independence. Created a capilist government for themselves now. -
Apollo 11
First spaceflight that landed humans on the moon, big technology achievment. -
Microsoft created
Worlds's largest PC software company. Major technology event. -
World Web Created
Huge Technonlogy Advancement -
Dissolution of USSR
Cease of wide-spread communism and the end of an empire. -
Rwandan Genocide
Social class of Tutsi angered Hutus. Hutus slaughtered millions of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. -
Destruction of Buddhas of Bamiyan
Afghan cliff carving was blown up by Taliban. A major cultural blow to Afghans. -
Darfur
Ethnic construction of Arab Militias hating Darfurians caused Darfurians to be killed, raped, and inslaved. -
Facebook Created
Largest Social Media Site. Brings people togetherand creates a cross-cultural exchange in the form of social media. -
Barack Obama Elected
First Black President. Major Cultural Development. -
Chinease Pro-Democracy Protests
Attempt at creatinga democracy in communist China. -
Arab Spring
Political Event
Anti-Government protests -
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Major migration of refugees into Europe
