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A New Century/ WW1
You are history. Literally.
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History
Undergraduate 1
03/01/2017

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Max Planck
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Proposed the quantum theory of matter and energy
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Ernest Rutherford
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The Father of Nuclear Science
The first person to split an atom
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Niels Bohr
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Produced the planetary model of the atom
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Albert Einstein
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Revolutionized the world of science with his relative theories
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George Washington Carver
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Revolutionized agriculture by his discoveries of hundreds of uses for the peanut, soybean, and sweet potato.
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Dr. Carlos Finlay
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A Cuban physician who theorized the transmission of yellow fever germs by mosquitos
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Walter Reed and William Gorgas
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Proved Finlay's theory and took steps to eliminate the "yellow jack" disease
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Henry Ford
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Engineered an inexpensive automobile, the Model T
Developed the assembly line process
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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Built the dirigible, or zeppelin, that flew in the sky
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Orville and Wilbur Wright
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Made the first successful airplane flight in 1903
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KDKA
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The first commercial broadcasting station
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April 15, 1912
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The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Leader of a newly united Germany
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The Triple Alliance
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Included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Triple Entente
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Consisted of France, Great Britain, and Russia
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Heir to the Austrian throne who was assassinated in Sarajevo Bosnia
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July 28, 1914
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World War I began when Austria declared war on Serbia
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The Allies
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The Triple Entente and its supporters
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The Central Powers
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The Triple Alliance and its supporters
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Miracle on the Marne
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French forces advanced in a stunning counteroffensive that drove the Germans back across the Marne River
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Western Front
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Stretched from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps
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Verdun
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The French fortress-city
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Henri Petain
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German general who declared at the battle of Verdun "They shall not pass!"
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