1900-Present Must Know Dates Flashcards

1
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1905

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Russo-Japanese War

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2
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1910-1920

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Mexican Revolution

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3
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1911

A

Chinese Revolution

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4
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1914

A

World War One

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5
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1917

A

Russian Revolution

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6
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1919

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Treaty of Versailles, ends World War One

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7
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1929

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Crash of US Stock Market

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8
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1931

A

Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

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9
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1935

A

Italian invasion of Ethiopia

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10
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1939

A

German blitzkreig in Poland

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11
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1941

A

Japan spits on Hawai’i, US enters WWII

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12
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1945

A

End of WWII

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13
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1947

A

Independence and Partition of India

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14
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1948

A

Israel created

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15
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1949

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Chinese Communist Revolution

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16
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1950-1953

A

Korean War

17
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1954

A

Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu

18
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1956

A

De-Stalinization, Nationalization of Suez Canal

19
Q

1959

A

Cuban Revolution

20
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1962

A

Cuban Missile Crisis

21
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1967

A

Six Day War - Chinese Cultural Revolution

22
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1973

A

Yom Kippur War

23
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1979

A

Iranian Revolution

24
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1987

A

St Palestinian intifada

25
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1989

A

Tienanmen Square - Fall of Berlin Wall

26
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1990

A

Namibia gains independence (last African country to do so)

27
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1991

A

Fall of USSR, first gulf waar

28
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1994

A

Genocide in Rwanda, First all race election in South Africa

29
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2001

A

9/11 in America (of course)

30
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2007

A

Global Great Recession begins

31
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2011

A

Wikileaks, Arab Spring democracy movement