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| 1937 |
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Japan invades China |
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| 1939 |
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Britain and France declare war on Germany after Germany’s invasion of Poland |
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| 1941 |
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U.S. enters World War II |
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| 1944 |
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World Bank and IMF established |
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| 1945 |
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World War II ends |
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| 1945-1949 |
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Nationalists fight Communists in China |
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| 1947 |
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India and Pakistan gain independence |
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| 1948-1949 |
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Berlin Blockade and Airlift |
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| 1948-1952 |
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Marshall Plan |
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| 1948-1949 |
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Arab-Israeli War |
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| 1948 |
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Apartheid begins in South Africa |
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| 1949 |
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NATO alliance formed |
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| 1949 |
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Communist victory in China |
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| 1950-1953 |
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Korean War |
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| 1950s-1960s |
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African nations gain independence |
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| 1950s-1960s |
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American civil rights movement |
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| 1954 |
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Vietnamese defeat French |
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| 1954 |
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CIA overthrow of Guatemalan government |
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| 1954-1962 |
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Algerian War |
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| 1955 |
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Warsaw Pact formed |
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| 1956 |
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Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal Company |
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| 1956 |
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Soviet crackdown in Hungary |
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| 1957 |
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Soviets launch Sputnik |
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| 1958-1961 |
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China’s Great Leap Forward |
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| 1958-1959 |
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Cuban Revolution |
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| 1960 |
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Creation of OPEC |
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| 1962 |
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
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| 1966 |
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China’s Cultural Revolution |
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| 1968 |
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Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia |
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| 1973 |
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Arab oil embargo |
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| 1975 |
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Fall of Saigon and end of Vietnam War |
