The Twentieth Century 19002000

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The Twentieth Century1900-2000

• World History

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Events

• In a hundred years it is difficult to make
  choices among so many important events that have
  shaped an influenced world history in a century
  so chaotic and yet so promising for humanity, the
  Twentieth Century.

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Local vs. Universal Events

• This presentation concerns itself with events of
  universal significance, rather than events with
  local significance. Such a choice does not imply
  that local events are not important, but that
  for the purposes of this presentation, an effort
  has been made to present just some important
  events that left its mark in world history,
  particularly the history of Western Civilization.

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World War I or the Great War, 1914-1918

• The events at Sarajevo triggered the Great War,
  as it was known during that period. The war
  devastated the lives of millions, it shattered
  the economy, especially of Europe, and it was
  fought for no good reason.

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The War Shattered the Security of the Modern World

• The peace and security of the Modern World was
  shattered and threatened by the Great War, and
  that is its significance or importance in world
  history. Great men like Pope Benedict XV tried to
  stop the madness and President Woodrow Wilson was
  able to end it with the famous Treaty of
  Versailles in 1918

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The U.S. Stock Market Crashes, 1929

• Although this might seem to be a local event
  because it happened in the United States, its
  effects devastated the world economy, thus, this
  major event had universal significance. The lack
  of jobs in this country, the lack of value in its
  currency, worsened the conditions of millions of
  people throughout the world, particularly the
  poor.

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The Second World War, 1939-1945

• The Second World War was a world disaster of
  major proportions. Like the first war, it
  devastated Europe, parts of Africa, Japan, and it
  forced the entry of the United States into the
  conflict.

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The Holocaust

• One of the greatest tragedies of World War II,
  was the genocide committed against the Jewish
  population of Europe, a significant event because
  of the gross violation of human rights of a
  people and what that implies for the future of
  different races, religions, and ethnicities.

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The Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965

• The Second Vatican Council was a gathering of two
  thousand five hundred Catholic bishops from
  throughout the world. The bishops made binding
  decisions in the name of Christ for a world wide
  Church. Its objective was to bring its message,
  the message of the Gospel to the modern world,
  hoping that the world would embrace its timeless
  message.

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Important People

• Pope Benedict XV, 1914-1922
• The Holy Father tried to stop WWI by proposing a
  peace plan that was ignored by the Allies and
  every world leader involved with the war. His
  actions are of universal significance because he
  tried to stop a war that devastated world
  civilization and all that implies.

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Prime Minister Winston Churchill. 1874-1965

• The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom did
  everything possible to stop the evil of Nazism
  and his actions had great significance for the
  peace of the world, especially the peace of the
  civilized World

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Hitler, 1889-1945

• No man in world history has done so much damage
  as Hitler did. He was the personification of
  evil, whose triumph would had slaved the world.
  He was responsible, with others, for the death of
  12 million people including six million Jews, the
  physical devastation of Europe and other
  international theaters of action. His
  significance in world history is, without a
  doubt, one of the worse in the history of Western
  Civilization.

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President Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924

• U.S. President Woodrow Wilson contributed greatly
  to the end of World War I with his 14 Point
  Peace-Plan, a plan accepted by the Treaty of
  Versailles. His actions ended the war that had
  devastated millions of people and he
  re-introduced peace in the world.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945

• This U.S. President contributed greatly to the
  end of World War II and thus history owes him an
  eternal debt for restoring peace in a world thorn
  by violence, misery and death.

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Pope John XXIII, 1881-1963

• Pope John XXIII opened the biggest gathering in
  the history of the 20th century and in the
  history of the world, the Second Vatican Council.
  He wanted to prepare the Church not for a
  confrontation with the modern world, but for a
  dialogue with the modern world, in an era of
  nuclear weapons, the cold war, poverty, and lack
  of social stability.

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Important Documents

• One of the most important documents produced in
  the twentieth century is The Universal
  Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948.
  This declaration was issued by the United Nations
  on the heels of a Second World War which had
  ignored human rights, particularly the human
  rights of civilians, victims of a brutal war.
• Here we see Eleanor Roosevelt holding a poster of
  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

• The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Russian
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  ?????????"  is a tract (document) alleging a
  Jewish and Masonic plot to achieve world
  domination. Purportedly written by a secret group
  of Jews known as the Elders of Zion, the document
  underlies 24 protocols that are supposedly
  followed by the Jewish people. This document has
  been used by anti-Semites worldwide to justify
  the subtle and open persecution of the Jewish
  people. The document was fabricated between 1895
  and 1902

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Mein Kampf

• Mein Kampf, in English My Struggle, is a book
  dictated by Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of
  autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's
  political ideology. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was
  published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. In this
  book Hitler revealed to the world his utter
  hatred of the Jewish people, a hatred he put into
  practice during WWII.

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Important Buildings

• The United Nations (UN) is an international
  organization whose stated aims are to facilitate
  cooperation in international law, international
  security, economic development, social progress,
  human rights and achieving world peace. The UN
  was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace
  the League of Nations, to stop wars between
  countries and to provide a platform for dialogue.

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The United Nations Building

• This building is a symbol of the ideals and hope
  of humankind to develop and sustain peace
  throughout the world. The aims of the United
  Nations are noble while the reality of what the
  United Nations stands for, has not always been
  realized, especially, world peace.

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World History in the 20th Century

• Events, people, documents, and buildings
  illustrate for us, humanity, what is important in
  a brief history of the world, the twentieth
  century. This short presentation has had as its
  aim, to provoke in the students a short
  reflection of what World History means to them
  and what is of importance and significance in the
  world students live in.