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Unit 7 Time Period

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1900-Present

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Fallen empires in 19th century

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Maritime and land-based empires

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Unit 7 Content

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WWI, between wars, WWII

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Decline of Ottoman Empire

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“Sick man of Europe” Young Ottomans tried to bring westeren ideas into Otto. Worked for a little but Sultan was scared if Russian and became dictor again. Young Turks took over and was extremelt nationalist excluding outside cultures. These cultures were nationalist in return and broke away from the empire. WWI completely destroyed Ottoman Empire.

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Russian Revolution

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Poor people didn’t like being poor so they fought. Tsar listened for two secs and then stopped. They began to revolt again. WWI didn’t help. Russia was taken over by Marxist, Lenin and the Bolsheviks who made them communist aka Soviet Union

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Decline of Qing Dynasty

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Taiping Rebellion caused death, lost both opium wars and lost to Japan. Boxer Rebellion revolted against foreign powers. West powers helped put out the fire then took advantage of them. Sun Yat-Sen led the revolt against Qing to create a new communist state.

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Mexican Revolution

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Dicator Diaz brought in American companies that ruled most of Mexico. The people revolted and Madero was elected into office and then was killed. Civil War broke out fought by men like Pancho Villa. Mexico emerged as a republic that inacted new reforms.

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WWI Cause

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by Gavrilo Princip.

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Gavrilo Princip

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A member if the Serbian Black Hand. They were devoted in ending Austria-Hungary presence in the Balkans.

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Beginning of War

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Ultimatum to Serbia.
Serbia rejects.
AH declare war July 28th, 1914

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M.A.I.N

Long-Term Causes of teh Great War

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Militarism, Alliances, Imerialism, Nationalism

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Militarism

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Agressive military preparedness

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Dominate Military States

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European powers had strong armies to prove their strength.
Britain and Germany were among the strongest because of the Industrial Revolution.

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Industrial Revolution Effect on Militarism

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Ships, weapons, supplies, and hardware could be mass-produced

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Alliances

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Members agreed to protect and help one another when attacked. Countries that were allied with other countries were also enemies of members of other alliances.

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Triple Entente

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France - industrial war
Britain - insutrial conflict
Russia

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Triple Alliance

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

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Associated Powers

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Britain, Russia, France, United States, China, Japan, Italy (switched sides in 1915 after remaining neutral)

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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottomans, Bulgaria

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Imperialism

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Western Europen countries became rivals for global domination.

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Nationalism

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The cause of war was nationalism, The Black Hand was a nationalist group. The Serbian’s wanted the AH’s out of their country. Arabs were tired of the Ottomans limitations of them. Serbs and Arabs fought for the Allies.

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Consequences of WWI

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Most deadly war to date.
Led to the downfall of Russia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottomans.
Created new state lines.
Rise of communism and fascism, colonial revolts, and genocide.
Power shift from Europe to United States.

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Terms of Peace Treaty

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Germany had to take full blame and had to make impossible reparations.

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Total War

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A war which requires the mobulization of a country’s enrire population, both military and civilian, in order to fight.

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Propanganda

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Campaigns that demonized enemies and often exaggerate the atrocities those enemies were committing

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Important Propanganda Aspect

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Used intesified nationalism

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Importance of nationalism

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People viewed the world as a collection of enemy rivals and that national identities were the most important thing about people

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Most Important thing about WWI

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New military technologies made WWI one of the deadliest wars in human history to date

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New Technology

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Machine Guns
Chemical Gas
Tanks

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Trench Warfare

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Because of machine guns spraying soliders each side would dig trenches and hideout in them.

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Trench Warfare deadly factors

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Each side had machine guns and barbed wire. If one side chargee they would be shot or caught in the wire. This led to years of stakemates where causalties mounted but neither side made progress

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Global War

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As European powers’ men started dying they called in colonial troops from places like India, Australia, Caniada, and New Zealand and brutally sent them into battle

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Why colonial soilders fought

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They thought by sacrifice they could win indipendence or more self rule

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U.S Involment

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Remained neutral until Germany began sinking U.S citizens with U-Boats and tried to get Mexico to begin a war with U.S

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End Of War

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TReaty of Versailles was signed
Central Powers lost
Britain and France punished Germany which ultimatly led to WWII

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Importance of U.S Involment

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Americans angry that Germany was bringing them into a war so the tide began to turn against Germany Central powers

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Unit 5 Take Away

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How governments got involved in trying to solve economic crises

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Germany’s Economy

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Germany was in debt because of the war and reperations to other states so they began to expereince hyperinflation

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Hyperinflation

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The value of money decreased while the price of goods increased. Panicked, by how they’re debt Germany printed too much money making money less valuable

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Germany’s hyperinflation effect on others

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Because they’re economy was so bad Germany could no longer pay Britain and France who inturn could no longer pay the U.S.
Colonial govs suffered because they depended on mother countries

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How Germany began to stabilize economy

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Borrowed money from U.S to pay Britain and France

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Soviet Economics

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WWI and Russian Revolution destroyed Russia’s economy so Lenin created New Economic Policy

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New Economic Policy

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Introduced limited free market principles but the biggest institutions remained under state control

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Five Year Plans

Stalin

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Aimed to multiply soviet idustrial capacity by five in five years

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Collectivation of Agriculture

Five Year Plans

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Merging small privately owwned farms into large, sprawling collective farms owned by the state

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Effects of COA

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Kulaks hated the COA so they were imprisoned and sent to camps or death leaving peasants who couldn’t meet government quotas

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Holodomor

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Stalin forced farmers in Ukrain to produce grain for urban workers but wouldn’t allow them to leave their homes causing many to starve

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The Great Depression

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From stablizing European econmies and the stock market crash, Americas economy fell apart creatinga worldwide depression

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FDR’s New Deal

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Before the economy was Lassiez Faire but FDR created government jobs, retirenment program, and medical insurance to stablize the economy again

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Colonies after WWI

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Though they believed they would gain independece European and Japanese colonies remained and some states even gained more colonies as a result of the war

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New States after WWI

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Republic of Turkey - Ottomans
Austria
Hungary

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Paris Peace Confernece

Colonially

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Victorious powers wanted to dismantel Ottos and Germans and they did this by swapping colonial territory among themselves

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Woodrow Wilson’s Opinion

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He belived self-determination should the guiding principle of what happened to these colonies

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Mandate System

Britain and France’s Compromise

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Middle Eastern territroies would become mandates administered by the League of Nations, created into a three-tiered structure to classify these holdings

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Class C

Mandate System, lowest tier

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Smalles pop and least developed, treated as colonies

Several islands in the Pacific

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Class B

Madate System, middle tier

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Larger pop but still underdeveloped

Most of Germany’s colonies in Africa

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Class A

Mandate System, highest tier

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Large pop and suffciently developed were deemed suitable for self rule

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Britain’s Class A Colonies

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Israel and Iraq

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France’s Class A Colonies

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Syria and Lebanon

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Japan Expands

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Japan invades Manchuary creating puppet state Manchukuo and gains access to natural resources

didn’t care about the league of nations

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

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Indian National Congress

Colonial Resistance

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Formed before the war to petition the Brits for more self rule. Tide began to turn with Gandhi’s peaceful protests

Successful after WWII

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African National Congress

Colonial Resistance

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Founded in South Africa by western-educated lawyers and journalists. Dedicated to obtaining rights for colinal subjects in SA influenced by Pan-Africanism

Successful after WWII

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Pan-Africanism

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Aimed for the equality and unity of all black people across the world

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