Events Flashcards
Industrial revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes
Sepoy rebellion
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a uprising in India against the British East India Company
World war 1
the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was the first global war
The Cold War
The Cold War was a state of tension after World War II between America and Russia over who was more dominant and the fear of a nuclear war in ww3
The fall of communism
After years of misery the Russians led a revolution which let to the fall of communism
World War II
World War II, was fought between the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union against nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan,
Holocaust
World War II, was fought between the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union against nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan,
Sputnik
was the first satellite. launched by the Soviet Union orbiting for three weeks before its batteries died and fell back to earth
European imperialism
Wealth gained from the industrial evolution powerful nations of Europe were ready to formally expand their empires into Asia and Africa. Europe began to seek formal political control over foreign and overseas areas.
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombing u.s navy at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
Brought America into WWll
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki is where the USA dropped the atomic bomb and won WWll
leader Vladimir Lenin led his leftist revolutionaries in a revolt against the ineffective Provisional Government
Russian revolution 1817