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what are were the reactions of the industrial revolution

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worker discontent developed new ideologies to counter mistreatment

workers created groups/movements to try and protect their rights

western countries began adopting capitalism while other countries adopted communism

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Utopianism

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blueprint for an ideal society
no social class tension / struggle
people do the job they want to do, not for money for a good society
criticized for being naive and unrealistic
want to work but jealousy from money comes

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Anarchy

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belief in no overarching authority in society
morally destifies the idea of “state” bc immoral to tell people what to do
no group has the right to take authority over society
tied to socialism and worker unions

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Result of Anarchy

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supports riots and revolutions
Spanish civil war: started bc anarchy ideas
Antifa: groups/rioters cause unrest turmoil with violence/breaking law

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Labor Union

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association of similar workers fighting to secure improvements (usually make commitee)
Ex. American Federation of Labor
Ex. Britain became tied to politics (labour party)

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American Federation of Labor

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samuel gompers found it
formed the idea of collective bargaining (one person represents the group who all wants something to talk to boss)

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Strikes

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work stoppage by mass refusal to workers, common in Europe and the Americas
peace owner hire to replace people

Picketers and Scabs

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Picketers

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workers on the strike, usually in front of building to show public shame

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Scabs

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the people the owners hire to replace people on strike, would have to cross picket line to get to work

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Homestead Strike

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Pennsylvania
guy hired detectives to take scabs through picket lines, picketers fired at detectives and vice versa
resulted in people dead and injured

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Secret Soceties

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because of strikes, it became dangerous to be in a labor union, so went underground to make secret societies

Molly Maguires
Know Nothings
Nights of Labors (kol)

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Molly Maguires

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irish, coal miners
very violent - used terrorist methods

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Know Nothings

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coal miners, textile workers, anytime one was suspected/convicted/caught all would say “I know nothing about it” - used terrorist methods

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Nights of Labors (kol)

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tailors/all textile workers
opened it up to every trade
both men and women (only union with women)
the first and only group that allowed black membership until mid 1900s
first formal labor union

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Communism

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created by Adam Smith
alternative to the global economic system of mercantilism, which is the idea that there is only so much money in the world
bc of this they get less money with more countries so created capitalism

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3 parts of capatalism

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supply and demand
Laissez-Faire
Lack of govt. regulation

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Supply and Demand

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price of an object depend on where two curves intersect
how much you want and how much there is controls prices

no chart

two curves X’s middle is the price

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Laissez-Faire

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“let it alone”
peoples opinions on products drives what prices are/availability

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Lack of govt. regulation

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US Regulates: Gas/oil, dairy/eggs, grains (what and corn)

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Communist Manifesto

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Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels wrote
says only 2 people
proletariat-working class, supplies labor, doesn’t matter education
bourgeoise- upper class, supplies capital, don’t work
everything thing that has happened in history is because of the two groups fighting

at some point the proletariats will get tired of working for bourgeoise and rebel and overthrow

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communism

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communist manifesto
more radical than socialism, increased government control
government controls production and cosumption

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Total Warfare Was in what century

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20th

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total wars

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conflict in which all resources and all people are involved
ex. WW1 and WW2

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what causes total warfare

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industrial revolution
imperial expansion
intense nationalism (the modern idea of a country) because of this, other groups become “other”

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what did the new military mobalize..

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all state resources for purpose of waging war/to keep people alive
sex, age, social class, private and public

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military mobalize sex

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men and women fight in war or work in war somehow: all are targets

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military mobalize age

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80 could work in ware to keep soldiers fighting so could children all targets

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military mobalize social class

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drafted all

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military mobalize PRIVATE and public

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if a buisness makes something that is not valuable in war efforts, the factory is change to make something that helps while a war is being fought

30
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improved military tech. and new tactics led to

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increased number of casualties

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trench warefare

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build trench so body isnt exposed
issues: nobody dies/fights so too scared to leave,
water from rain causes trench foot from standing in water
people stand in feces
can drop things into trench

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firebombing

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terrorist tactics used by government, cluster bombs, bombs spread at random

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technologies created in 20th century war new military

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airplanes, tanks, nepalm (weaponized vasoline), chemical gas

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Rape of Nanjing

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1937
mass murder and rape against chinese by Japenese troops
unknown number of casualties
japenese record were destroyed so much unknown (christian missionaries toldd)
bet on who could rape and kill most to win a dinner

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What years were the global economic crises/interwar years

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1920-1945

36
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who printed more money and what’s the affect

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the value a of the German mark decreased causing hyper inflation

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who couldnt pay of their war debts to France and england and whats the affects

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Britain and France struggle to pay their own debts to the US

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Who needed to borrow money from US and what did this lead to

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germany, rapid economic recovery fo rall

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Vladimir Lenin begins the New Economic Plan what in what and what are the affects

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soviet union, introduced limited free market principles

40
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Stalin what to grow the economiy faster for what and did what

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introduced 5-year plan to multiply soviet industrial capacity by 5
soviet union

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collectivization

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making private farms into large government ones

42
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collectivization in the Soviet Union led to

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all produce of the land shipped to industrial workers

43
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arrest and execution of ______ in the soviet union led to what

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kulaks- educated wealthy elite
all that was left were peasants who couldnt match production levels of Kulaks

44
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Stailin shipped all of whose grain to the cities which lef to

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Ukraine
which left them with no food for themselves and they couldn’t leave bc of laws so they died

45
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US Stock market crash caused

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America to have Great Depression

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US couldnt invest in where to help rebuild it after WW1

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Europe
Great Depression became worldwide phenomenon

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who began the new deal and what happened

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
gov.t put people to work on infrastructure
introduced a government-sponsored retirement
created gov.t medical insurance

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1920s

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upper class, great economy, “american dream”, entertainment heavy

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1930s

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poverty economy plummeted, life was bad

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1920-1930

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economic and social downfall

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what is not a cause for total war

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increased civilian deaths

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what was a new TECHNOLOGY developed for total war

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chemical gas

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how can u best describe life between 1920 and 1940

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the 1920s was a period of growth/recovery while the 1930s saw economic collapse

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in a total war who is involved

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all of the state’s resources and people used to help with war

51
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a major cause of global economic crises in the interwar years was

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inability of germany to pay off war debts

52
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a similarity between the interwar governments of totalitarian states, Britain and the US is that

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they saw changes in government function between 1920-1940

52
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the majority of reasons for the spread of communism and China were

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political and economic

52
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Silent Holocaust

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killed by their own military maya lost 40 percent of their population
President Montt

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Armenian Genocide (1917)

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90 percent of of armenian christians killed
Mustafa Kemal Araturk

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Chinese Genocide WW2/ Nanjing Massacre

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General Iwane
By the end, Japanese troops were led by General Iwane killed 6 millioncitizens

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the killing fields

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Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot and his communist regime slaughtered 1/3 of his countrymen

99 percent of the Vietnamese who had fled to escape the Vietnam war

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Tutsis Massacre/Rawandan Genocide

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the hutu
tribal conflic between the Hutu ethnic majority and Tutsu ethnic minority ended with 70 percent of tusu killed

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Effacer Le Tableau

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rebel forces
congo rebels needed terriotory for a base and “cleansed” over 40 percent of Pygmies to get it

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what did the US, British, and Totalitarian states all have in common

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changes in govt and had a party to support socialism or communism

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U.S.

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woodrow wilson
remained democratic republic
democrats and republicans

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British

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winston churchill
tories and labors

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Totalitarian States

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stalin, hitler, mussolini
sought to control all aspects of life
punishes people who didn’t agree with the government
included fascism
reaction against WW1 + economic collapse

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Mao

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began cultural and poltical search - cultural revolution
soviet union helped him gain power

62
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major cause of communism

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mao gained power quickly

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