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codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 17:38:25 UTC

The Great Depression

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 17:43:07 UTC

The great depression was a severe world wide economic depression in the decade preceding ww2. the timing of the great depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930's or middle 1940's. it was the largest, most widespread and deepest depression of the 20th century.

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 17:51:32 UTC

drops in in prices, profits, tax revenue, personal income, 50% drop in international trade, 25% raise in unemployment, 33% in some countries.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/great_depression

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World War II

codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 18:05:58 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 18:06:55 UTC

Known also as the second world war, was a global war which lasted 6 years which started from 1939 to 1945. involved most of the world's nations, includes all the axis powers, which created two opposing powers, the allied and the axis powers.

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 18:12:36 UTC

changed political alignment and social structure of the world. united nations was created to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. US, USSR, China, and the UK was the victors of world war 2.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/world_war_II

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World War I

codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 18:26:32 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 18:27:24 UTC

The first world war centered in Europe that started on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. it was named the great war. WWI dragged in all the world's greatest powers.

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 18:32:06 UTC

More than 9 million soldiers died in WWI. it paved a way for major political changes. the scale of the death impacted by the industrial advancements.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/world_war_I

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US CIVIL WAR

codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 18:41:28 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-10 18:42:52 UTC

The US civil war fought on from 1861to 1865 between the north and the south, or known as the union and the confederacy. the reason for this civil war was because of mainly because of slavery. the civil war was the only war that did not involve the international states.

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 17:33:25 UTC

After 4 years of fighting, the war left over 600,000 soldiers dead, demolished most of the southerner's infrastructure.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/american_civil_war

The American Revolution

codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 17:37:41 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 17:46:19 UTC

The revolution was a political upheavel during the second half of the 18th century, which the 13 colonies in what is now the united states, joined together to get away from the British rule. They rejected the parliament of Great Britian to control them overseas without representation, and they expelled all the royal officials

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 17:53:05 UTC

In 1776, congress declared independence from Great Britain written by Thomas Jefferson. Britain lost Boston, Massachusetts in 1776, but kept New York City

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/american_revolution

The Cold War

codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:01:07 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:03:02 UTC

The cold war lasted from 1947-1991 and it was a controlled state of political with military tension between powers of the western bloc, which was owned by the U.S.A along with NATO with their allies, and powers in the Eastern bloc controlled by the Soviets and the Warsaw Pact.

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:07:38 UTC

Left U.S.A and U.S.S.R as two main superpowers and then eventually left the U.S.A as the main superpower, caused the Korean and Vietnamese War.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cold_war

The Vietnam War

codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:15:09 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:15:51 UTC

The vietnam war, or the second indochina war, lasted from November 1, 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. The Guerilla warfare was used by the Anti-Communist forces in the area. But, the North Vietnamese used the conventional warfare against South Vietnam and the U.S.A, which involved heavy fire power such as airstrikes, artillery, and ground forces.

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:24:32 UTC

North and South Vietnam fused to become the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. South Vietnamese people were enslaved and between 100,000 to 200,000 South Vietnamese prisoners were executed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vietnam_war

The Mexican American War

codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:35:53 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:37:16 UTC

The Mexican American War, or also called the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict with the U.S.A and Mexico which lasted from 1846 to 1848, which started by the annexation of Texas in 1845, due to the 1836 Texas Revolution.

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-11 18:42:11 UTC

Mexico's territory was reduced from 1.7 million square miles to 800,000 square miles by 1848. Americans settled in the newly conquered southern territories.

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The Korean War

codythurston199 — 2013-09-13 17:29:38 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-13 17:30:08 UTC

The Korean war started shortly after WWII on June 25, 1950 to July 25, 1953 when the North Korean forces invaded Southern Korea on June 25, 1950 and it ended by the armistice treaty being signed

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-13 17:33:20 UTC

North Korea gained the city Kaesong and other land along the 38th parallel. The death toll went to 1.2 million at the end of the Korean War.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_war

Pearl Harbor

codythurston199 — 2013-09-13 17:36:59 UTC

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-13 17:37:28 UTC

Pearl Harbor was a naval base in the Pacific when on December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers bombed Pearl Harbor early in the morning as a surprise to the U.S. that led the U.S.A. into WWII.

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codythurston199 — 2013-09-13 17:39:54 UTC

The U.S.A. has lost almost most of its fleet (naval) and caused the United States to go to war with Japan.