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- 3. Armed revolt by Fidel Castro and his movement against President and dictator Batista from 1953 to 1959 leading to a socialists and eventual Communist state
- 4. The split of our nation against disagreements of state's rights and slavery
- 7. The first successful slave uprising against its French oppressors on half an island; led by Touissant L'Overture
- 9. Movement of the middle class against long term dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz fro 1876-1911, movement lasted well into 1920's
- 13. Student movements and revolutions in 1979 against the Pahlavi dynasty
- 18. This 1949 revolution was the end of this nation's drive to power following the second part of its civil war; also known as the "War of Liberation"; the two factions of this nation were the Communist Party and Nationalist Party and often fought amidst WWII
- 21. This was a religious revolution that involved the split of the Roman Catholic Church accredited to theological reformer Martin Luther with his Ninety-Five Theses and led to the formation of the Protestant Religion and other counter religions such as Lutheranism, Calvinists and Jesuits as early as in the 16th century
- 22. Fight for individual personal freedoms in America in the 1960's-70's for racial equality
- 23. This period was a cultural and social revolution that bridged the gap from the middle ages to modern world from the 14th to 17th centuries and reform occurred as renewed perspectives in literature, art, education, politics, and science emerged
- 24. Uprising against imperialism by members of a Chinese secret society who were against the spread of Japanese and Western culture in China, missionary activity and any form of imperialism in China in 1900
- 25. Various set of revolutions to stop the autocracy of the Tzar in 1917 and led to the creation of the Federal Republic of this nation
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- 1. This war was between Russia and the Republic of Ichkeria primarily over land disputes and longstanding years of conflict over independence; this war was specifically from 1994-1996 but the conflict between these regions predates 1785 between Russia and nationalist Islamist forces
- 2. The social and political movement against absolute monarchy stemming from spreading ideas of Enlightenment, taxes and other economic woes
- 5. Transition of working conditions to manufacturing processes, usage of raw materials, inventions, machinery and mass production
- 6. Mutiny that was a threat to India's East India Company and led to Indian autonomy from British colonization; also known as Indian Rebellion
- 8. The war for independence for patriots against British colonization in the new world
- 10. Civil War from 1850-1864 against a corrupt feudal monarchy where 20 million people died in this attempt led by Xiuquan against the Qing dynasty for wanting social reform for women's equality and Christianity to replace Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism and other religions
- 11. January 25th 2011 acts of civil disobedience to overthrow President Hosni Mubarak; also known as "Arab Spring"
- 12. Consisted of the overthrow of King James the II of England by a band of English members of Parliament; also known as the English War of Succession that led to William of Orange taking over rule of England in 1688
- 14. Led to the restoring of the Ottoman Constitution in the Ottoman empire in 1908; a constitutional monarchy was established and the new regime opposed the authoritarian regime of Ottoman sultan Abdulhamid II
- 15. This was a social revolution that involved a movement over corruption, the meaning of life, establishments, peace, love, social freedoms, a rejection of mainstream culture, sexual revolution, recreational drug use and an array of other social aversions and acceptances
- 16. The fight for gender equality socially, politically, in jobs and in education
- 17. Quest to end internal racial segregation enforced by the government from 1948 to 1994
- 18. This revolution was leader Mao Zedong's attempt to restore the nation's beliefs, principles, education and faith in the government and in him as a leader; he wanted to get the people back on his side fully but this revolution backfired with over 1.5 million casualties, the Red Guard military cult attacked any who spoke out against Mao and a reverse result occurred in many losing faith in the nation's government as a result of the injustice
- 19. This Civil War preceded WWII and was fought between the Republicans who were loyal to this nation's democratic republic and the Nationalists who were rebel group led by General Francisco Franco from 1936 to 1939
- 20. This Civil War stemmed from longstanding disputes due to religious differences in a state where politics and religion were linked but there were significant Muslims, Shias and Sunnis in a French colonized region that was dominated by Christianity; the revolution lasted for long and many died from 1975 to 1990