Timeline Test 1900-present Flashcards by JP Jewell | Brainscape

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1905

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Russo-Japanese war

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1910-1920

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Mexican Revolution

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1911

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Chinese nationalist revolution

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1914

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WWI begins

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1917

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Russian Revolution

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1919

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Treaty of Versailles, end WW1

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1929

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Stock market crash

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1931

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Japanese invasion of Manchuria

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1935

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Italian invasion of Ethiopia

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1939

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German blitzkrieg in Poland

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1941

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Pearl Harbor

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1945

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End of WWII

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1947

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Independence and partition of India

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1948

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Birth of Israel

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1949

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Chinese communist Revolution

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1950-1953

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Korean War

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1954

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Vietnamese defeat French at Dien Bien Phu

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1956

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De-Stalinization/nationalization of Suez Canal

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1959

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Cuban Revolution

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1962

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Cuban Missile crisis

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1967

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6-day War/ Chinese cultural Revolution

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1973

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Yom Kippur War

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1979

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Iranian Revolution

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1987

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1st Palestinian intifada

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1989

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Tiananmen Square/Berlin wall falls

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1990

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Namibia gains independence (last African colony to do so)

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1991

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Fall of USSR/1st gulf war

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1994

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Genocide in Rwanda/1st all race elections in S Africa

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2001

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9/11 attacks

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2007

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Global Great Recession

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2011

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Wikileaks, Arab spring