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Significant Events In T he 20 th Century

Significant Events In T he 20 th Century. WWI. Causes of the war Chemical warfare Weapons and tactics of the war Effects of the War on culture, society, literature, art Russian revolution. 20s. Changes in gender roles Great depression Prohibition Rise of organized crime

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Significant Events In T he 20 th Century

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  1. Significant Events In The 20th Century

  2. WWI • Causes of the war • Chemical warfare • Weapons and tactics of the war • Effects of the War on culture, society, literature, art • Russian revolution

  3. 20s • Changes in gender roles • Great depression • Prohibition • Rise of organized crime • Jazz age • Women gain right to vote • Mexican Revolution

  4. 30s • Rise of fascism in Italy, Germany • Japanese invasion of China, Rape of Nanking • Hitler gains power • Spanish Civil War • Stalin comes to power, kills 10 million people • 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens wins four gold medals • Colored movies début • Germany invades Austria, Poland

  5. 40s • WWII Allies v. Axis powers • Military tactics, famous generals, weapons • Dropping of the atomic bombs • The Holocaust • Japanese interment camps in America • Communist take over of Eastern Europe • Founding of the UN • Creation of the state of Israel • U.S. Marshall plan, European economic recovery

  6. 50s • Korean War • Indian independence, Gandhi teaching of non violence • African independence movement • Brown v. board of education. Declaring segregation in the U.S. illegal • Lunch of Sputnik, space race • Cuban revolution

  7. 60s • Genocide in the Congo • Cuban missile crisis • The Beetles become popular • JFK & RFK assassinated • Civil rights movement • Vietnam War • Race riots in LA • Chinese culture revolution, Mao Zedong • Civil war in Nigeria • MLK assassinated • Man walks on the moon

  8. 70s • U.S. invasion of Laos, Cambodia • Watergate • The Munich Olympic massacre • U.S. led coup of Chile • Genocide in Cambodia • Apartheid in South Africa • Iranian revolution • Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

  9. 80s • Iran v. Iraq war • Fall of communism in Eastern Europe, Russia • U.S. invades the island of Granada • Chernobyl disaster • Tiananmen square massacre

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