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35 Cards in this Set
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What happened in the year 1914?
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The Great War Begins
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What happened in 1915?
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-May-German submarine sinks Lusitania
-allies attack Gallipoli -Armenian Genocide |
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What happened in 1916?
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Nothing
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What hapened in 1917?
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-February, Tsar Nicholas II abdicates the throne, power struggle between WSD and provisional government
-April 16, U.S. enters Great War on side of allies -April, Lenin arrives in Russia in a sealed train -September, all-Russian National Congress of Soviets meet -October 24, Bolsheviks storm Winter Palace -October 25, Lenin and Bolsheviks have control of Russia |
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What happened in 1918?
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-Russia taken out of Great War
-March 3, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk -November 11, Germany accepts armistice-Great War is over. |
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What happened in 1919?
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Weimar Constitution ratified
May 4th Movement Treaty of Versailles |
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What happened in 1920?
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End of Russian Civil War: reds victorious
Munich Rebellion Treaty of Sevres Nazi's 25 Point Program |
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What happened in 1921?
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Hitler becomes chairman of NSDAP
Mao Zedong creates CCP NEP established 35 fascists have seats in Italian Parliament Lenin institutes NEP |
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What happened in 1922?
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Washington Conference
Mussolini appointed prime minister |
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What happened in 1923?
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Nazi Party tries to overthrow Weimar
Treaty of Lausanne French troops occupy Ruhr valley USSR is established with a new constitution Guomindong and CCP unite |
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What happened in 1924?
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Lenin dies
Hitler writes Mein Kampf |
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What happened in 1925?
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Sun Yatsen dies: Jiang Jieshi takes over
Suffrage laws passed in Japan |
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What happened in 1926?
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Mussolini becomes dictator
CCP makes up 1/3 of the Guomindong |
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What happened in 1927?
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Jieshi turns against CCP
Chinese Civil War begins |
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What happened in 1928?
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U.S. withdraws capital from Europe
Kellogg-Briand Pact Stalin becomes dictator |
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What happened in 1929?
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Stalin implements First Five-Year Plan
Oct. 24 U.S. stock market crashes |
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What happened in 1930?
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Prime minister of Japan murdered
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What happened in 1931?
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Japan invades Manchuria
Stalin stops First Five-Year Plan, declaring success |
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What happened in 1932?
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Nazi Party is largest in Reichstag
FDR is elected president of the U.S. |
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What happened in 1933?
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Compulsory sterilization laws in Germany
Japan withdraws from League of Nations Germany withdraws form League of Nations FDR becomes president Jan. 30 Hitler appointed chancellor by President Hindenberg Feb. 17 Warning issued to Prussian Police about communist terrorists Feb. 27 Reichstag fire Mar. Enabling Law May. 10 Mass book burning, ordered by Goebells |
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What happened in 1934?
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nothing
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What happened in 1935?
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Nuremberg Laws
Abortions sanctioned in Germany Italy invades Ethiopia Start of Stalin's Great Purge German rearmament |
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What happened in 1936?
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Berlin Olympics
Spanish Civil War begins Keynes publishes book on Keynesian economics |
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What happened in 1937?
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Sino-Japanese war begins
Rape of Nanjing Peel Report- Palestine divided into two states |
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What happened in 1938?
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Italy unites with Germany to form Axis Powers
End of Stalin's Great Purge Mar. Anschluss Sept. Munich Conference Nov. Kristallnacht |
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What happened in 1939?
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Spanish Civil War ends
White Paper issued- Jewish immigration into Palestine limited Italy annexes Albania Germany undertakes compulsory sterilization and murder Mar. Germany occupies Czechoslovakia May Pact of Steel Aug. Treaty of Non-Aggression Sept. 1 Germany invades Poland |
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What happened in 1940?
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Italy enters war to help Germany militarily
April Germany invades Norway and Denmark May Germ occupies Belgium and Netherlands Jun. France signs armistice: Vichy government collaborates Battle of Britain begins |
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What happened in 1941?
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Japan occupies French Indochina with the help of the Vichy
Balkans surrender to Germans War spreads to North Africa Jun. Operation Barbarossa Dec. Germany captures Moscow Dec. 7 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Dec. 8 U.S. declares war on Japan Dec. 11 Hitler declares war on U.S. |
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What happened in 1942?
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U.S. victory at Midway
Wannsee Conference U.S. troops fight in Africa Feb. Japanese conquer Singapore |
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What happened in 1943?
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Soviet troops recapture Stalingrad
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What happened in 1944?
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Jun. 6 D-Day
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What happened in 1945?
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Feb. Yalta Conference
Feb. British firebomb Dresden, Germany Mar. Allies firebomb Tokyo Apr. Soviets approach Berlin Apr. 12 FDR dies: Truman becomes president Apr. 30 Hitler commits suicide in Berlin May. 8 Germany surrenders unconditionally: V-E Day Jul. Patstam Conference Aug. 6 U.S. drops atom bomb on Hiroshima Aug. 8 USSR declares war on Japan Aug. 9 U.S. drops atom bomb on Nagasaki Aug. 15 Japan surrenders: V-J Day Sept. 2 War is officially over United Nations is established |
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What happened in 1946?
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nothing
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What happened in 1947?
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U.N. partitions Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state
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What happened in 1948?
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Arab states attack Israel
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