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World War 1- Cause and spark
World War 1 was caused by nationalism and the growth of german powers. The spark that set off World War 1 was the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungry. Austria Hungry declared war on Serbia. International competition amoung European powers for colonies and economic markets. These events sparked this time in our history. -
Trench Warfare & Traety of Versailles
World War One finally came do an end when the German surrendered and the siggning of the armistic on November 11, 1918. There were about ten millioin deaths of soilders. The Treaty of Versialles was in 1919.
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Overthrowing Tsar Nicholas
In 1917 a revolution force the tsar, Nicholas II, to give up the throne. Enemies named him Bloody Nicholas because of his violent suppression of the 1905 revolution. Later in the year, rebels led by vladimir Lenin took control of the government.In 1918 Lenin's government made peace with Germany but executed the tsar and his family. Later in 1922, the russian empire was renamed the soviet union.
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The Rise of Communism & Joseph Stalin
When Joseph Stalin came to power, he created Communism. Communism is when the government controls all buisnessis. So basically the government picked your job for you. Also, no matter if you were a schintist or a plumber, everyone would get payed the same amount.
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was right after the Roaring Twenties. It began in 1929 in the United States. Quickley, it became a worldwide economic slump. We became in debt. Most buisnesses shut down which caused many Americans to become unemployed. http://us-history.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/us-history-great-depression-picture.png -
Hoovervilles and Stock Market
Hoovervilles were named after President Hoover from Iowa. He was President during the Great Depression. It wasn't his fault, but Americans thaught it was. Hoovervilles were houses made out of anything the could find. They tended to be in areas with other types of these houses. They had to do this because they couldn't pay off the rint in their old houses so they were kicked out. For these types of homes they used boxes, wood, plastic, etc. -
Roosevelt's New Deal
Roosevelt's new deal was social security. It was supposed to be temporary, butpeople liked it so much they kept it. Social security is any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income. -
The Holocaust
On Jaurary 30th, 1933 Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. He had an idea of how to get Germany back on top. He decided ro put the Jews in concentration camps. He ended up killing six million jews.
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Atomic Bombs -- Japan
In September 1940 Japan's Army finished thir atomic bomb. At the time only the US had atomic bombs and soon Japan followed in thir footsteps. Japam cpnclude the making of an atomic bomb.
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Bombing of pearl harbor was a surprise attack against the Japanease navy. The attack led to the United States entry into Worl War 1. -
Nazi Germany
A political leader named Adolf Hitler took advantage of the German discountent. He led an organizaton called the Nazi Party. Hitler and the Nazis promised to make Germany great again, after their defeat in World War 1. -
North Korea
In August 1945 Russia declared war on Japan and invaded land that Japanese had conqured. This was when North and South Korean were one. During the war. Nrth Korea and South Korea divided.
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End of the Cold War
In August 1991 the Cold War ended. Lithuania, Poland, and Hungary became independent, the Berlin Wallwas demolished, and the communist government falls in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romaina. Germany also reunited. -
The cold war- Communism vs. Capitilism
Beginning in 1945 the Soviet union took control of Eastern European countries and forced them to adopt communism. The iron curtain seperated those countries from the democratic countries of western Europe. The Soviet Union wanted to expand. -
Vietnam
The cold wat also resulted in some hot wars. Vietnam was opne of them. Vietnam split into communist and noncommunist north and south.
