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In the wake of WWI, the Big Four western nations met at the Paris Peace Conference to discuss war reparations and sanctions against Germany. The Treaty of Versailles would drive Germans to extremism with the rise of Adolf Hitler.

The 19th Amendment granting American women the right to vote was finally signed into law on August 26, 1920 after decades of efforts on behalf of the Women’s suffrage movement.

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 and became an underground railroad conductor when her brothers were destined to be sold away from the family. Tubman would go on to lead no less than 70 slaves to freedom, work with the Union Army, and become a landowner.

Eugenics is the systematic selection and cleansing of the human gene pool through forced sterilization, euthanasia and more, but is entirely subjective and racially biased. The term “Eugenics” was coined by a cousin to Charles Darwin, Sir Francis Galton, in his 1869 publication of Hereditary Genius.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were ideological refugees in 19th century Europe and co-authors of the Communist Manifesto, where they advocated for the end of capitalism.

The Battle of Hastings saw the crowning of the first Norman king of England on Christmas Day, 1066. Britain’s submission to the Norman Conquest would have a lasting impact on English language, culture and cuisine.

The Luddites were a group of textile workers that took destructive action in response to the textile industry’s recent adoption of mechanical looms, a perceived threat to their artisan livelihoods.