"ism"s
Revolutions
Wars
Uprisings/Movements
Imperialism
100

extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy (control in government) or military force 

imperialism

100

the various revolutions that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and resulted in the creation of a number of independent countries in Latin America

Latin American Revolutions

100

a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945

WWII

100

a group of Indian soldiers in the British East India Company's army led a mutiny against the BEIC.

Sepoy Rebellion

100

This country imperialized India

Great Britain

200

an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production (factories, businesses); little government regulation

capitalism

200

a period of radical political and societal change in France that began in 1789 with the 3rd Estate rebelling and ended with Napoleon’s military coup in 1799

French Revolution

200

were two conflicts waged between China and Western powers during the mid-1800s, triggered by the Chinese government's campaign to enforce its prohibition against opium trafficking by British merchants

Opium Wars

200

an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists.

Boxer Rebellion

200

This country imperialized the Congo

Belgium

300

An economic system in which all means of production (factories/businesses) are publicly owned (government); there are no more social classes because all are equal; everyone has what they need

communism

300

 the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines like steam engines and electrically powered machines.

Industrial Revolution

300

an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe and began with the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

WWI

300
Movement to get workers better working conditions, better pay, shorter hours, etc.

Workers Rights Movement

300

This group of people created Apartheid in South Africa

Boers

400

An economic system in which most but not all means of production (factories/businesses) are publicly owned (government) 

socialism

400

a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire, begun during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war.

Russian Revolution

400

 a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc

Cold War

400

Movement for women to get the right to vote

Suffrage Movement

400

This was the first country in Africa to get Independence

Ghana

500

a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity (unity) between all peoples of African ancestry

Pan-Africanism

500

a successful insurrection by the enslaved against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti.) The revolt began in 1791, and ended in 1804 with the former colony's independence and end of enslavement

Haitian Revolution

500

series of wars between Napoleonic France and shifting alliances of other European powers which led to increasing nationalism.

Napoleonic Wars

500

Political Party in South Africa which Nelson Mandela was the head of

ANC (African National Congress)

500

Japan imperialized this region of China in 1931 

Manchuria