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| Englishwoman from 1792. Author of a book known as "A Vindication of the Rights of Women", a book which is viewed as the first most important work of the feminist movement. |
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| A period that lasted from the mid-1600's to the late 1700's. Named as it was the age for enlightened minds, as so many thinkers had begun to believe that the truth was illuminated by reasoning. It led to controversial debates such as those against reason, the church's failings and Galileo's discoveries about our system. |
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| Claimed America in the name of Spain |
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| This man's name is the origin of the name of America |
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| Novelist Victor Hugo had this event as one of the settings in his novel-turned-broadway-phenomenon-turned-motion-picture, "Les Miserables", in which it was triggered by a loaf of bread being stolen. |
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| The Industrial Revolution |
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| The period in which factories boomed, the middle class emerged, and workers suffered great oppression. |
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| South African systematic policy of racial discrimination, lasting from 1948 to 1990. Means "apartness". |
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| The alliance formed by Germany, Italy, and Japan, before World War 2. |
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| Mass slaughter of 11 million people, including 6 million jews, at the hands of Nazi soldiers. |
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| The period of worldwide economic despair, brought on by overinflation and the crash of the American stock market. |
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| Japanese surprise attack on the USS Arizona in Hawaii, on December 7th, 1941. |
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| The Assisnation of the Archduke, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophie, by a young Bosnian nationalist. |
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| The event that started a chain reaction in leading up to World War 1. |
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| The destructuion of this hated symbol of opression was rejoiced by the commonfolk on both sides of its walls. |
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| This plan to cause an uprising against Fidel Castro failed so spectacularly, it had the exact opposite effect. |
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| Totalitarian ruler of the Soviet Union. Fervent communist and brutal dictator. |
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| Indian rights-activist. Well-known for his principle of nonviolence. |
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| An attack on the United States, 4 passenger planes were hijacked by terrorists, atleast 2 of them flown into their direct targets. One of the worst attacks on U.S. soil. |
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| An African National Congress offical who was sentenced to life imprisonment for leading the sabotage campaign against the oppressive South African government. He spent 26 years in prison, being released in 1990. In 1994, he was elected president in South Africa's first true democratic elections. |
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| Ugandan dictator. Savagely repressed people from other tribes, and tortured and murdered anyone he was afraid would oppose him. Thankfully overthrown in 1979, by Ugandan rebels and invading force from Tanzania. |
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| A fear of communism that infected America's politics with a witch-hunt mentality. |
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