Unit 5 1914

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Periodization

• Why 1914?

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Ideologies

• Economic vs Political
• Socialism Scientific, Revisionist
• Totalitarianism
• Communism
• Fascism
• Representative democracy

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Revolutions

• New ideas about class and property, land reform
• How did this differ from 18th and 19th century?

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Mexican Revolution
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Russian Revolution
Peace, Bread, and Land
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Chinese Revolutions
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Cuban Revolution
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Iranian Revolution
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A New Age of Conflict

• Role of technology how war changes
• Continued impact of disease
• Connection of nationalism to conflict
• Balance of power politics versus ethnic
  nationalism

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WW I- The Great War
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WW II The Western Front
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WW II The Eastern Front
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WW II- The Pacific War
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WW II- Globally
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The Cold War
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International Organizations
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Wars of Independence
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Decolonization

• A long and painful process Resistance, Treaty of
  Versailles, protests, gradual or sudden
  transitions
• Colonial legacies?

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Independence
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Colonial Legacy
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Global Economics

• Global Depression
• North and South
• Interdependence
• Emergence of Pacific Rim
• Globalization pros and cons?
• NAFTA and W.T.O.
• Consumerism
• Religious response to Globalization

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Global Economics
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Human Rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
• Genocide Convention, 1948
• Armenian 1918
• Jewish Holocaust 1930s- 1940s
• Cambodia- Pol Pot 1975- 1979
• Rwanda, 1994
• Child labor, soldiers, slavery

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Genocide Statistics
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Genocide
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International Terrorism
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Social Reforms

• Rise of feminism (suffrage for
  women)
• Civil rights movements globally
• Anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
• Class, religious, racial and gender reforms
  worldwide

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Social Changes
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Human-Environmental Interaction

• Continued urbanization
• Green Revolution
• Deforestation
• Ozone depletion
• Global environmental efforts

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Human Environmental Interaction
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Demographics

• World population 6.5 billion
• Global impacts?

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World Population
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Conclusions

• Impact of technology?
• Role of international organizations?
• Challenges?

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