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1912

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Fall of Qing Dynasty in China
Start of Chinese Revolution
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People not happy with the failure in the opium wars; wanted to end western influence that the dynasty had been letting in

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1912

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Sought to end apartheid and the white minority gov, and British and Dutch presence

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1914-1918

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Set up WWII, alliances made this a large war. Collapse of Ottoman and Austria-Hungary empires.

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1916

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Ottomans’ Turkish culture alienated the Arabs; this caused them to revolt. Ended up leading to the dismantling of the empire

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1917

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Zimmerman note was a threat to US, along with Germany’s submarine warfare… Perfect timing- fills in for Russia leaving

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1917

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Didn’t want to be in war…after the abdication of the tzar and the overthrowing of the provisional gov, they finally got out

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1917

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Britain basically empty-promises the Jews a homeland in hopes of them supporting the war effort

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1919

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Treaty only furthered hate: left out many countries, centered around France and Britain’s wants. League of Nations was created by US, but GB and France butchered it and it was ineffective

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1920

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Reorganizes middle east. Ottoman empire reduced to just Turkey, became democratic. France, GB, and Italy divided the rest of the countries in a mandate system. Put weight behind GB’s Balfour Declaration

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1921

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Led by Mao to oppose nationalists (who were too friendly to the west for the communists’ taste)

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1927-1928

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Succeeds Lenin (pure communist leader of the Bolsheviks). Stalin was more controlling, totalitarian: created 5 year plan and collectivization

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1929-1933

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Countries had already been on their way, but the US stock market crash set everything off. Made people desperate- Hitler rises in Germany.

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1931

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To gain resources-> to improve industry-> to build military. China was preoccupied, and League was ineffective

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1931-1937

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Peaceful protest was revolutionary. Resistance of British, who went back on their promise of independence. Boycotts of British goods spurred the British to beat them- which made the British look bad.

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1933

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Used the coverup of WWI to bully neighbors and unwanted races

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1933-1939

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FDR’s plan to bring US out of the depression, trying to put people back in work- social security was a significant product of this

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1935

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Germany’s army is growing to defy Versailles treaty. Ethiopia had resisted invasionbut now Italy covers up past embarrassment by conquering them at last

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1937

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They move further into China, resources-> industrialization-> militarization; hoping to create a pacific empire

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1939

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Between Hitler and Stalin; Hitler wants to eliminate a two-front war so he promises not to invade

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1939-1945

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Finishes off the WWI tensions. Womens rights increase

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1941

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Brings US into WWII

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1942-1945

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Galvanized public support for a Jewish homeland in the Mid. East

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1945

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Replaces the League; is better: more global, not exclusive, more responsible

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1945

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Beginning of a battle against the French. Eventually results in a united communist country in 1973

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1945
Atomic bombs dropped on Japan - Ends WWII, starts trend of nuclear threat in cold war
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1945-1948
Soviet takeover of East Europe - Iron curtain division between east communist influence Europe and west capitalist/ democracy Europe
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1946-1947
Philippino independence - Part of decolonization, let go by US to prevent communists from targeting it
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1947
Peronism in Argentina - Got backing from military, business, etc, but fell when abandoned
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1947
India and Pakistan gain independence - India ends up all Hindu and the Muslims break off to form Pakistan
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1947-1949
Marshall plan - US assists countries in return for their denial of communism. Containing communism
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1948
Division of the Koreas - Stalemate war resulted in the splitting of the communist north and authoritarian south on the 36th parallel
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1948
Israel-Palestine partition - Zionists finally get their homeland, and more, because of the Palestine's protests leading to a losing battle- Palestine replaced by Israel
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1949
Formation of NATO - Alliance against communism...this pattern last led to world war...
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1949
Communists in China - Caused the Nationalist party to move to Taiwan where they est. their government
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1950-1953
Korean war - North trying to invade south in hopes of a united communist Korea; US cannot unify as a capitalist whole Korea but do at least push the north back
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1955
Warsaw pact - Agreement among communists- oppose NATO
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1959
Cuban revolution - Batista overthrown, US turned against him. Castro takes power and turns out to be communist
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1960's
Civil rights movements - Eliminating superior/inferior ideas in US. Equality between ethnicities increasing; women for a more vital part in society- feminism on the rise
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1962
1. Algeria independence, 2.Cuban missile crisis - 1. Ends decolonization 2. Poses nuclear threat to US as soviets use Cuba as a foothold
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1965-1968
Cultural revolution in China - Mao's last attempt to block all westernization
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1965-1973
Vietnam war - United as a communist country
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1975
Union of Vietnam under communism complete - Yep.
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1975-1998
Democracy spreads in Latin America - Important to US, to imply less communist holdings, although they no longer implement troops. Cuba of course stays communist
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1976
Death of Mao - Deng takes over and infuses some capitalism and privatization to create a more socialist China
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1979
Iranian war - Theocracy was still up in the air, but this case was so far successful
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1980-1988
Iran-Iraq war - Invasion over religious matters (iraq invaded by shia iranians), history repeat
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1985
Gorbachev head of soviets - Perestroika: economic restructuring; glasnost: openness, i.e, Russia to the outside world
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1990
Reunification of Germany - Berlin wall, symbol of not just German but European division, breaks down
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1990-1991
Iraq invades Kuwait - US jumps to Kuwait's rescue- they are a valuable oil supplier to the US. Terrorists oppose US.
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1994
Oslow peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians - Israel recognizes a gov representive of Palestine (plo); Palestine recognizes Israel's existence.
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1999
Vladimir Putin elected pres of Russia - President= no more soviets, no more communism. Democracy now
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2003
US and British war with Iraq - Started over presence of nuclear weapons- as long as they were limited, peace could be maintained

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