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-1863-1914, Austria
-in favor of greater Siberian autonomy
-assinated by gavrilo princip |
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- 1736-1819, Scottland
- Inventor of the speed regulator for the steam engine
- advancement of technology and power generation |
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- 1736-1819, Scottland
- Inventor of the speed regulator for the steam engine
- advancement of technology and power generation |
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- 1811-1816, Britan
-group of workers who protested against machines
-masked luddites destroy machinary, enjoyed popular support.
-Movement dies when 14 were hung |
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-1815-1898, Germany
-advances Realpolitik 'politics of reality'
-uses war with neighbors to unify Germany
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- 1771-1858, Europe
-socialist who built 'Utopia'
-raised their workers wages and housed them. Lowered work hours & NO children. Built school for workers children |
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-1892-1903, Russia
-appointed finance minister by Tsar Alexander III to help Russia's struggling economy
-constructed huge railway network across siberia |
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-1899-1902, South Africa
-South African War between british and dutch
-white-white conflict, black soldiers and laborers. As a result boer was promised self government |
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-1807-1882, Italy
- 'hero of two worlds'
-helps unify Italy under King Vittore Emmanuele II |
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-1839-1842, Europe
-war between british and chinese over ending opium trading
-british agents engage in military retaliation, british naval forces easily defeats chinese |
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-1870, Japan
-major corperations who baught government holdings
-financial cliques develop, considered benificial |
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-1914, Germany
-plan for france to be defeated swiftly, then attention to be focused on russia. Fear of encirclement
-plan failed, but similar tactic was used to defeat france in 1940 |
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-1919, Peace Confrence in Europe
-limits german military and demands war reparations from central powers
-high levels of resentment |
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-1916, France
-battle between french and germans
-resulted in more then 250,000 deaths, disastrous as a whole |
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-1932, Soviet Union
-stalin applies socialist ideas in agriculture
-many peasants died from starvation, not having enough to eat because government had taken their crops and they were resisting the government by burning crops and killing livestock |
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-1883-1946, US
-said to stimulate economy by lowering interest rates and SPEND MONEY. Encouraged investment and employment
-radical ideas had major impact on modern economic and political thought |
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-1930's, US
-created by Franklin Roosevelt to rescue the US from the great depression
-by the end of the 1930's, US had mass mobilization of labor movements, and an organized agricultural economy |
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-1902, Russia
-bolsheviks vs. mensheviks
-dual government is formed |
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-1881, Russia
-radical movement, assasinates Tsar Aleksandr II. Tried to give land back to peasants
-prompted widespread pogrom attacks on jews. Increased repression |
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-1918-1922, Russia
-economic policiy adopted by bolsheviks during the russian civil war
-blueprint for stalinism in the 1930's. government controlled EVERYTHING |
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-1941, Germany
- 'lightning war' strategy
-air forces soften up target, armored divisions rush in. very powerful fighting technique |
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-1941, Ukraine
-mobile killing squads, help with the execution of 1.4 million jews
-round up jews and other minorities and put 'the final solution' into action |
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-1947, made in US
-plan proposed to reconstruct western europe
-united nations formed to resolve international disputes. US spends more then 13 billion dollars to help europe |
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-1937, China
-cruelty of Japanese soldiers toward chinese after its fall to japanese troops
-260,000 causulties, massacre of nanjing |
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-1941-1943, Russia
-turning point in operation barbossa
-germans supply lines greatly damaged during winter, hitler forced to retreat. Red army gains offensive |
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-1889-1964, India
-first prime minister of india
-said to put aside religious views, india comes first. NO alliances, model for newly independent countries. Raised mariage age, gave women rights to divorce |
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-1851-1864, China
-bloody battle between imperial china and those inspired by a self proclaimed mystic Hong Xiuguan |
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