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Volume 4: The Modern Age b Flashcards

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The Second Afghan War

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1878-1880

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Thomas Edison invents the electric light

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1879

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The War of the Pacific begins in South America

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1879

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Police arrest Ned Kelly

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1880

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The First Boer War

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1880-1881

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Assassins kill Czar Alexander II

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1881

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The Triple Alliance forms

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1882

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The U. S. adopts time zones

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1883

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The Berlin Conference

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1884

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Parliament votes against the Home Rule Bill

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1886

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Brazil is declared a republic; Pedro II leaves Brazil

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1889

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Menelik takes control of Ethiopia

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1889

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Abbas II named khedive of Egypt

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1892

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The Armenians rebel against the Ottoman Turks

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1894

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Nicholas II becomes czar of Russia

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1894

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The Sino-Japanese War

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1894-1895

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The creation of Rhodesia

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1895

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Italy recognizes Ethiopian independence

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1896

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The Spanish-American war begins

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1898

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The Second Boer War

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1899-1902

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The “Young Turks” try to reform the Ottoman Empire

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1895

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The Boxer Rebellion in China

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1900

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The Commonwealth of Australia is established

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1901

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Alfonso XIII is crowned king of Spain

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1902

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Macedonians declare themselves independent from Turkish rule

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1903

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Wright brothers make the first powered and controlled flight

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1903

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The Russian-Japanese War

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1904-1905

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Irish Catholics form Sinn Fein

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1905

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The first Majles beings after Liberal rebellion

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1906

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Phan Boi Chau leaves Japan

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1908

30
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Mexican Revolution begins

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1910

30
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Delhi becomes capital of India

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1911

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Sun Yixian flees to Canton

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1912

32
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The Titanic sinks

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1912

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Arizona becomes a state

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1912

33
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The First Balkan War

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1912

34
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The Second Balkan War

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1913

35
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World War I begins

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1914

36
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Russia enters WWI

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1914

37
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Egypt becomes a British protectorate

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1914

37
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Italy joins the Allied Forces

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1915

38
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A German submarine sinks the Lusitania

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1915

39
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Rasputin is killed

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1916

40
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Easter Uprising in Ireland

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1916

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The U. S. joins WWI

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1917

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