1895 1886 José Rizal Korea s Queen Min Queen Min Assassinated Story of the World, Chapter 15 1898 the USS Maine Spanish-American War Story of the World, Chapter 15 José Rizal Publishes Touch Me Not Story of the World, Chapter 15 1876 George Custer General George Custer Killed in Battle of Little Bighorn Story of the World, Chapter 16 1886 1892 Andrew Carnegie Geronimo Chief Geronimo Surrenders Story of the World, Chapter 16 Andrew Carnegie Launches the Carnegie Steel Company Story of the World, Chapter 16 Student Page 189
1900 1904 1905 Chinese characters for Kung fu (read right to left) Boxer Rebellion in China Story of the World, Chapter 17 1896 Admiral Togo Russo-Japanese War Story of the World, Chapter 17 1912 Mozaffar od-din Shah Mozaffar od-din Shah Inherits Persian Throne Story of the World, Chapter 18 1913 the flag of Albania First Balkan War Story of the World, Chapter 18 1908 the flag of Bulgaria Second Balkan War Story of the World, Chapter 18 Empress Cixi Empress Cixi Dies Story of the World, Chapter 19 Student Page 190
1895 1912 Sun Yixian Sun Yixian Leads Failed Rebellion Against Qing Dynasty Story of the World, Chapter 19 1896 Henry Puyi End of the Qing Dynasty in China Story of the World, Chapter 19 1877 Phan Boi Chau Phan Boi Chau Forms Vietnamese Restoration Society Story of the World, Chapter 19 1911 Porfirio Díaz Porfirio Díaz Becomes President of Mexico 1920 Francisco Madero Francisco Madero Takes Control of Mexico From Porfirio Díaz the flag of Mexico Mexican Civil War Ends Student Page 191
1914 1914 Franz Ferdinand and family Austria s Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated flag of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Austro-Hungarian Empire Declares War on Serbia 1914 1915 British war planes Great Britain Declares War on Germany 1917 the Lusitania German Submarine Sinks the Lusitania 1917 American war planes United States Joins World War I Vladimir Ilich Lenin Peasants Revolt in Russia Story of the World, Chapter 21 Student Page 192
1918 1918 Nicholas II the front page of the New York Times, Nov. 11, 1918 Romanov Family Assassinated World War I Ends 1918 1916 Story of the World, Chapter 21 Story of the World, Chapter 21 suffragettes marching Great Britain Gives Women the Right to Vote Story of the World, Chapter 21 1937 Ireland Easter Uprising Story of the World, Chapter 22 1919 the flag of Éire Republic of Ireland Established Story of the World, Chapter 22 British troops (on the right) fire at Indians (left) Amritsar Massacre in India Story of the World, Chapter 22 Student Page 193
1930 1919 LEAGUE OF NATIONS SOCIETE DES NATIONS Gandhi Leads Thousands On Salt March Story of the World, Chapter 22 1922 the unofficial flag of the League of Nations Woodrow Wilson Proposes League of Nations Story of the World, Chapter 23 1924 the flag of the Red Army Red Army Defeats White Army in Russia Story of the World, Chapter 23 1917 Joseph Stalin Lenin Dies, Stalin Takes Control of Communist Russia Story of the World, Chapter 23 1922 Ahmad Fu ad Ahmad Fu ad Becomes Sultan of Egypt Story of the World, Chapter 24 the flag of Egypt Egypt Independent From Great Britain; Fu ad Becomes King Story of the World, Chapter 24 Student Page 194
1922 1912 Benito Mussolini Mussolini s Fascists March on Rome Story of the World, Chapter 24 1921 Sun Yixian Sun Yixian Founds Kuomintang in China Story of the World, Chapter 25 1934 the flag of the Chinese Communist Party Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Founded Story of the World, Chapter 25 1929 Mao Zedong Chairman Mao and Kiangsi Soviet Begin the Long March Story of the World, Chapter 25 1934 a migrant mother and her children Wall Street Crash: Black Tuesday Story of the World, Chapter 26 FDR delivers a radio address Franklin Delano Roosevelt Introduces the New Deal Story of the World, Chapter 26 Student Page 195
1902 1933 the Nazi swastika Nazis Come to Power in Germany Story of the World, Chapter 26 1936 1939 Alfonso XIII Alfonso XIII Crowned King of Spain 1939 the flag of the Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War Franco and Dwight D. Eisenhower Francisco Franco Gains Control of Spain 1938 1939 German police enter Austria Germany Claims Austria the flag of Poland German Troops Invade Poland Student Page 196
1941 1936 Jesse Owens the U.S.S. Arizona burns in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor Story of the World, Chapter 28 1938 patch worn by Jews in German-controlled states Kristallnacht Night of Broken Glass Jesse Owens Wins Four Olympic Gold Medals Story of the World, Chapter 28 1944 U.S. troops unload from their landing craft onto the beaches of Normandy D-Day Story of the World, Chapter 28 Story of the World, Chapter 29 1945 1945 the mushroom cloud at Nagasaki Russian soldiers (Allies) conquer Berlin and fly their flag over the Reichstag United States Drops Atomic Bombs on Japan Story of the World, Chapter 29 World War II Officially Ends Story of the World, Chapter 29 Student Page 197