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World War 2
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary. Is what caused world war 2. In June 1914, a Serbian-nationalist terrorist group called the Black Hand sent groups to assassinate the Archduke. -
The Great Depression
The Great depression happened after world war 1 ended in 1918. The great depression was caused by -
World War 2
The primary combatants of world war 2 were the Axis nations of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan, and the Allied nations, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Seven days after the suicide of Adolf Hitler, Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. The Japanese would go on to fight for nearly four more months until their surrender on September 2 1945. -
The Cold War
Western democracies had always been hostile to the idea of a communist state. The United States had refused recognition to the USSR for 16 years after the Bolshevik takeover. Finally, the Soviet Union believed in communism that was the cause of the cold. -
Civil Rights
Severe government repression, the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, and the intense infighting within the black militant community caused a decline in protest activity after the 1960s.
