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Chapter 14
Twentieth-Century Political and Cultural Ferment
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History
10th Grade
05/28/2009

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Reigned from 1876 - 1909.
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Sultan Abdul Hamid II
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Was a decisive turning point in Arab history.
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World War I
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June 1916
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Arabs revolted agianst the Ottoman Turks and fought alongside the British for the rest of the war.
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Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
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Helped win civil liberties for African Americans.
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John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)
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Advocated government intervention during Great Depression of the 1930's.
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(1881-1973) The most famous twentieth-century painter, was influenced by Aftican art.
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Pablo Picasso
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Women organization that fought for women's rights.
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National Organization for Women (NOW)
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Economic crisis that occured in the 1930's.
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The Great Depression.
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(1863-1947) USed assembly lines to great advantage in his automobile factories.
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Henry Ford
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In what year did the Soviet Union put the first artificial satellite, called "Sputnik" ?
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1957
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Was the fist to set foot on the moon in 1969.
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Neil Armstrong
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(1879-1955) He challenged scientific common sence even further.
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Albert Einstein
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Wanted to transform the political structure of the country into his own personal dictatorship.
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Joseph Stalin.
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After World War I he reenergized the mass struggle for Indian Independence.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
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In 1923, a professional soldier overthrew the Qajar dynasty in Persia.
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Reza Khan
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