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Milestones of the 20th century - Coggle Diagram
Milestones of the 20th century
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Stalin- Leader of the Soviet Union from the late 20s to his death
Collectivization of Agriculture- Communist Policies that ended private ownership of land by incorporating peasants from small family farms into large-scale collective farms.
Great Depression- Worldwide economic contraction that began in 1929 with a stock market crash in the United States and continued in many areas until the outbreak of WW2
Guomindang- The Chinese Nationalist party led by Chiang Kai-Shek that governed from 1928 until it's overthrow by the communists in 1949.
Fascism- Political ideology that considered the conflict of nations to be the driving force of history.
Mussolini- Charismatic leader of the Italian Fascist party.
Nazi Party- German political party that established a fascist state dedicated to extreme nationalism, territorial expansion, and the "Purification" of the German state
Revolutionary Right (Japan)- Also known as Radical Nationalism, this was a movement in Japanese political life during the Great Depression that was marked by Extreme Nationalism.
Chinese revolution of 1949- An event that marks the coming to power of the Chinese Communist Party under the leadership of Mao Zedong.
Communism in Eastern Europe- Expansion of post- World War 2 communism to Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
Ho Chi Minh- Leader of the Vietnamese communist movement that established control first in the north, then the whole of Vietnam after 1975.
Hitler- Leader of the German Nazi party and Germany's head of state from 1933 until his death.
WW2 in Asia- A struggle to halt Japanese Imperial expansion in Asia, fought by the Japanese against primarily Chinese and American foes.
WW2 in Europe- A struggle to halt German imperial expansion in Europe, fought by a coalition of allies that included Great Britain, the Soviet union, and the United States.
Holocaust- Name commonly used for the Nazi genocide of Jews and other "undesirables" in German society.
Russian Revolution- Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the country's defeat at the hands of Japan in 1905; The revolution was suppressed, but it forced the government to make substantial reforms.
Lenin- Leader of the Russian Bolshevik (Later communist) party in 1917, when it seized power.
Treaty of Versailles- The 1919 treaty that officially ended World War 1; Immense penalties were placed on Germany regarded as one of the causes of World War 2
World War 1- A European civil war with a global reach that was marked by massive casualties, trench warfare, and mobilization of entire populations.
Total War- War that requires each country involved to mobilize it's entire population in the effort to defeat the enemy.
Major World Events of the 1900's
Nuclear Age- The period in history considered to have begun with the first use of the atomic bomb.
Korean War (1950's)- A war between North Korea and South Korea.
Women gain right to vote (1920's)- Passed by Congress and ratified, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote.
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)- Half a million people gathered in East Berlin in a mass protest, that the Berlin Wall dividing communist East Germany from West Germany crumbled.
Russian Sputnik satellites (1950's)- the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the USSR as part of the Soviet space program.
Moon landing (1969)- American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the moon.
World War 1(1914-1918)- A war that began after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States.
Persian Gulf war (1991)- A war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes.