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38 Cards in this Set
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1815
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England's "Corn Laws"
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1819
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-Peterloo Massacre
-The Six Acts |
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1825
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Russian Decemberist Revolts
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1830
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-Diet of Poland
-Revolution at the opera house -July Monarchy |
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1839
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Belgium declares neutrality at the Congress of Vienna
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1848
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-Communist Manifesto
-Revolutions nearly end the Old Order |
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1861
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-Unification of Italy
-Frederick William IV dies |
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1866
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-Six Years War
-Austro--Prussian War |
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1867
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Dual Monarchy in Austro-Hungary ("Ausgleich")
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1870
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Franco-Prussian War
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1871
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Treaty of Versailles ends Franco-Prussian War
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1857
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Sepoy Rebellion
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1898
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-USS Maine explodes
-Battle between US and Spanish navies occurs -Treaty of Paris |
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1923
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"Putch/Mein Kampf" is written by Hitler
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1914
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-Panama Canal is completed
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated |
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1917
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-Tsar Nicholas II is deposed
-Zimmerman Telegraph is intercepted |
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1919
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Treaty of Versailles
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1921
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Treaty of Berlin truly ends WWI
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1861
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Emancipation of the Serfs by Alexander II
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1905
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October Manifesto
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1950
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Korean Conflict
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1935
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Nuremberg Laws are written
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1936
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Axis Pact unites Germany and Italy
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1938
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Kristallnacht
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1939
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-Gleivitz Incident
-Germany begins its Blitzkrieg advance |
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1953
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-Stalin dies
-Soviets successfully test H-Bomb |
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1955
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Geneva Convention
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1947
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Truman Doctrine is enacted
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1948
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Treaty of Brussels
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1945
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Meeting at Yalta to plan for peace
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1949
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Germany is split into East and West sections
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1956
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-"Year of Crises" (Suez Canal, Poland Uprising, Hungarian Revolution)
-"Secret Speech" |
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1964
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Breyhnev Doctrine is written by Leonid Breyhnev
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1968
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"Prague Spring" sprouts Warsaw Pact
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1972
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SALT I Treaty
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1979
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SALT II Treaty
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1982
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USA develops Cruise Missles and the SDI
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1989
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Berlin Wall falls
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