The Sacco & Vanzetti case (1920-1927), the world-famous trial of two Italian-born anarchists, divided America and exposed injustice in the country’s justice system.
Would Germany’s inability to pay reparations after WWI lead to another war? Luckily, an American diplomat devised the Dawes Plan to temporarily ease tensions.
China welcomed German political and military advisers in 1927-1938 in an attempt to modernize the country during the Chinese Civil War.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918) was a harsh peace agreement signed between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers that ended Russia's WWI role.
Here is the timeline of the twelve days of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
The fall of the Russian Tsar in 1917 led to a futile, brief attempt at representative government: the Provisional Government.
The Red Terror was a Soviet campaign to eliminate opponents and potential threats, but the Soviets arrested, deported, and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people as well.
In August 1968, the city of Chicago was subject to the DNC Riots, which saw widespread violence and alleged police brutality. Months later, eight anti-war activists went on trial.
