MoWo Year Timeline by Melinda Chiu

Unit 1: Industrial Revolution

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March 1776

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Adam Smith writes about laissez faire, "invisible hand" (self-governed economy) and why it's superior to other forms of economy

1848: Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto

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all property is under public ownership
all production for the progression of an entire nation
eradication of "classes"

Socialism

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Unit 2: Imperialism

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Nationalism; Nation

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Reparations

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Colonialism

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Unit 3: World War I(1914-1919)

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1917: Russian Revolution

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February Revolution

felled Nicolas II from power
no censorship
did not fix prices, food scarcity, jobs, etc.

October Revolution

bolshevik seizure of power(under Lenin)
authoritarian rule

June 28, 1914: Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

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1868-1880s: Meiji Restoration

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Japan became connected to the rest of the world, created a constitution, new infrastructure, new education systems, and new legal systems

1884: Berlin Conference

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Western countries met in Berlin to divide and conquer to gain colonies, made agreements to avoid going to war, wanted economic benefits, to spread western religion and culture, and gain raw materials

England 1700s

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The enclosure movement:

common land confiscated, restricted to private owners.

1860s-1870s: Bismarck's Unification of Germany

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Danish war 1864, Austro-Prussian war 1866: Drove Austria out of German affairs, North German Confederation formed

Treaty of Versailles

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U.S. enters the war

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League of Nations established

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Woodrow wilson proposed 1919
U.S. didn't even join(turned more isolationist)
many countries didn't follow any of league of nations guidelines(didn't surrender forces)

Great Depression

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The Roaring 20s

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Rapid economic growth
Social changes

1934: Hitler Dictatorship est.

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1933 withdrew from League of Nations

1935: Italy invades Ethiopia

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1938: Anschluss with Austria, Czechoslovakia

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Social Darwanism

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September 1938: Chamberlain Mussolini Hitler Daladier agreement

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August 1939: Nazi-Soviet Pact

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September 1939: Invasion of Poland

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1931: Japan annexes Manchuria

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japan faked an incident, excuse to invade manchuria to "restore order"

1933 league of nations issued verdict against chinese appeal

japan to withdraw, however no enforcement

1853: Matthew Perry to Japan

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1858 establish Unequal treaties

1922: Allies treaty

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5:5:3 split distribution with Britain, Japan, U.S. w/ total tonnage of warships

September 1945: WWII ends

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March 1939: Germany invades Czechoslovakia

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1907-1963: American eugenics movement

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December 1937: Rape of Nanking

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Japan begins full-scale aerial assault in July

went after civilian population(200k dead)

September 3, 1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany

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December 7, 1941: Pearl harbor bombing

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Beginning of War in the Pacific

August 1945: Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

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July 1941: U.S. Sanctions on Japan

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also w/ British and Dutch
cutting Japan total foreign trade 75%
cut oil imports 90%

September 1940: Tripartite Pact

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February 1942: U.S allows Japanese inernment

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Social Darwinism

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Developed from Origin of Specie by charles darwin

different races = inherently superior/inferior

white man's burden

September 1943: Italy Surrenders

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1939-1941 rapid growht German euthanasia

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1959: Revolutionary Military overthrow Batista

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Cuban revolution declares victory over Batista regime. Fidel Castro's regime takes over and begins to reform Cuba.

1958-1963: The second Five-Year-Plan

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Also known as the "Great Leap forward" in China, which resulted in at least 30 million deaths.

1960: United States imposes economic embargo on Cuba

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In response to the removal of U.S. businesses, the United States imposes an economic embargo on Cuba to weaken their national industries

April 1950: The Marriage Law (China)

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Established men and women as legal equals

1979: The "Ten-Year Plan" (China)

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New factories were built, people were allowed to start small businesses, etc.

1914: Russia enters the war

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nicolas II

Russia could not well handle military and economic costs
By the time one year passed, 4 million Russians had died

1968: Cuba seizes control of all remaining private businesses

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"Revolutionary Offensive" period where the Cuban government controls/provides all basic necessities

September 1976: Mao Zedong dies, Deng Xiaoping takes power in 1978

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Deng outmanuevers Mao's chosen successor Hua Guofeng and becomes China's Paramount leader

1918-1920 Russian Civil War

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1918 Russia and Germany signed treaty of Brest-Litovsk(Russia lose a lot of territory to Germ.)

White army vs. Red Army(bolsheviks)

15 mill Russians died by end

1970: Cuba attempts ten million ton sugar harvest

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Cuba mobilizes large portions of the working population toward the sugar harvest. The project fails as other sectors of industry are weakened.

1975: Communist party assumes full control over Cuba's government

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all non-revolutionary artistic expression was deemed illegal

1980: Mariel Boatlift to Miami

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125,000 Cubans seek asylum in the United States away from the political oppression they faced under the revolution

September 30, 1965

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Suharto's six generals(minus Nasution) arrested and killed

1949-1976: Mao Era

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1989: Soviet Union collapses and the Special Period begins

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Without economic aid from the USSR, Cuba was forced to open its gates to foreign investment. Despite frantic reforms, Cuba was plunged into poverty without constant aid.

1949: Indonesia official independence

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The Netherlands acknowledge Indonesia as an independent country

Sukarno becomes the first president

Rules over with "Guided democracy" shared between the Army, PKI, and sukarno

1958: Cost of living index was about 100 in Indonesia

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