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Imperialism is an extension of a nation's power over other lands. It changed a lot in the 1800s when the Europeans were looking to expand on their lands. They were looking for more than just trade posts. They wanted more land, resources, and slave labor.

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Racism is the belief that race determines a person's value in life. It played a major role in the justification of New Imperialism. People thought it was okay to treat others very poorly because of the color of their skin. Racism has been around and is even still around today.

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People stared fighting over African lands when the discovery of gold and diamond came about. The African regions were used only to benefit European colonists. There was lots of segregation in these newly established African Empires. This laid the foundation of negative economic impacts we see today.

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World War 1 was primarily a European conflict that involved many countries. Some causes for it were nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and alliances. World War 1 started with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The Allied Powers ended up with the victory in the end.

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The US joined World War 1 in 1917. They tried to stay out of the war for as long as possible. The Zimmerman Note finally got them to join the Allies in the war. This was a telegram supposedly from Germany to Mexico telling them to invade the US.

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Trench Warfare was the main combat in World War 1. This is a combat where troops fight from trenches about 50 yards away facing each other. Many people suffered from disease, trench foot, shell shock, and more. Trench warfare was also very scary because at any time a bomb could get thrown and you could die.

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The war on the Western Front was fought between Germany vs. Britain and France. The offensive strategies were not caught up to the new ones, so there was many casualties. The death toll was ended at over 4 million. This was some of the most deadly parts of World War 1.

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Over 65 million people fought in World War 1, and 9 million died. The world got to see many new technological advancements and military strategy. It also brought the death of European Empires and birth of new nations. The Treaty of Versailles was also signed, which officially ended the war and punished Germany for it.

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World War 2 involved 70 million armed forces and 30 nations. It also caused a rise of totalitarianism which is where the government leader has complete control. People were forced to put the good of their nation over their own lives. There was many drafts for military, where if your birthday was called, you had to fight.

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There was a lot more strategic bombing in World War 2. They attacked industrial targets to halt production of opposing countries. Eventually, the atomic bomb was created which was a very deadly weapon.

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Germany started to use its new warfare strategy called Blitzkrieg. This strategy was lighting warfare, where they try and kill their opponents off fast as possible. France was taken over by Germany in only 6 weeks. Because of this Great Britain was left alone in a war against Hitler and his people.

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Japan secretly sent a naval force to attack Pearl Harbor, the US naval base. They took down 20 American naval vessels, and killed 2400 Americans. Japan also invaded Guam, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaya on the same day. This encouraged Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Hitler started to be suspicious of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet leader. He believed they could defeat the Red Army in 2-3 months. Russian winter was way too much for the unprepared Germans. There was 1.2 million lives lost at the Battle of Stalingrad.

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On August 6th, 1945, Truman ordered the bomb Little Boy to be dropped on Hiroshima. 80,000 people were dead in minutes of the bomb. 3 days later, the US dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki. 39,000 people died within minutes and Japan eventually surrendered.

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The Cold War was a decade long stalemate between the US and Soviet Union. Most of the fight was over communism and democracy. This led to the formation of the United Nations, which took place of the League of Nations. This was a non-violent war mostly fought in the Koreas.