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The World after World War I
World War I hastened the crumbling of several empires, while others retained their global power. Compare this map of the 1920 world to a map of empires in 1914. See full-sized image for analysis.
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Holocaust
Theresienstadt Ghetto at the End of World War II
View images from the Theresienstadt ghetto at the End of World War II.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
The Nanjing Atrocities
Timeline of Events in China
1839-1842
First Opium (First Anglo-Chinese) War. Treaty of Nanking signed (1842) ending the First Opium War. China to pay large indemnity and extraterritoriality and most favored nation principle established in China
1856-1860
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Genocide & Mass Violence
The Nanjing Atrocities
Timeline of Events in Japan
1853
United States Commodore Matthew Perry’s “black ships’ arrive in Edo Bay.
1854
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Genocide & Mass Violence,
The Nanjing Atrocities
To Carry History: Calvin Chew Wong's Family: Four Generations of Immigrants
The story of Calvin Chew Wong is representative of the idea of generational history passed down that is explored in the reading To Carry History. It took four first generation immigrants of the Wong Family to come to settle in America before a second generation Wong was born on American soil. From Calvin’s family line, he, Calvin Chew Wong was the first generation to emigrate to America, his son Michael Wong was the first second generation to be born, and his grandson Justin Matsuura was the first third generation to be born to the Wong Family. Now there are three generations of Calvin Wong’s line who are living in America.
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Global Immigration
Types of Headscarves
View different styles of headscarves worn by women around the world.
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United Nations Founding Members
On June 26, 1945, 50 nations signed a charter to create the United Nations in order to promote international cooperation and human rights. See full-sized image for analysis.
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Justice & Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Timeline
1215
King John of England is forced to sign the Magna Carta by members of the English aristocracy. Although intended for the nobility, the document forced the king to respect certain rights of his subjects and imposed legal limits on his power.
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Holocaust,
Pre-war Jewish Life
Urban European Jews from the 1930s
View photographs of urban European Jewish family life during the 1930s.
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Will Okun Photographs
Will Okun, a teacher from Chicago, joined journalist Nicholas Kristof on a reporting trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to take photographs as part of his project to photograph African and African American people in everyday moments.
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