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THE MODERN AGE Historical and Social Background (1901-1945) - Coggle…
THE MODERN AGE
Historical and Social Background
(1901-1945)
1901
- King Edward VIII succedes his mother Queen Victoria
1903
Mrs Emmeline Punkhurst foundes the Women's Social and Political Unkes (WSPU)
1904
Britain sings The Entente Cordiale with France
1906
The Labour Party is foundend
1910
Geogre V succeds his fathers
1911
The National Insurance Act insure the working class against illness and unemployment
1914
Outbreak of World War I
1916
Conscriptions is introduced in Britain: easter Rising in Dublin
1917
The name of the British Royal House become WINDSOR; The USA enters in the war
1918
The armistice is signed on 11th November
1919
Treaty od Versailles; the indipendent Parlamient of Irelan is created
1921
creation of the Irish Free State
1922
Civil war in Ireland
1926
General Strike in Britain
1929
Wall Street Crash
1932
Franklin D. Roosvelt becomes President od the USA and promise American a New Deal of reforms
1936
Edward VIII comes to the throne and then abdicates, he is succeded by his sun George VI; Spanish Civil War
1939
Outbreak of World War II
1940
Battle of Britain between British and German air forces
1941
Germany invades USRR; Japon bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; the USA enters the war
1944
on D-DAY the Allies land in Normandy
1945
Germany surrenders to the Allies; atomic bombs are dropped by the USA on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; japan surrender; World War II ends