Ch 20
First World War
Germany “place in
the sun”
Fluctuating
balance of power in Europe
Accident – Serb nationalist
assassinated the Archduke
Lasted four years
with defeat of Germany
Great Depression
1929 – capitalism seemed
to unravel
World trade
dropped 62%
Unemployment hit
30%
US response was
FDR New deal (social security, min wage, public spending – highways, bridges,
parks, etc.)
Europe – fascism (revitalize
and purify)…Mussolini and Hitler
Japan – Revolutionary Right
Second World War
Genuinely
global - independent origins in Europe
and Asia
Japan went to war
with China
Japan attacked US
in response to oil embargo and negotiations ended regarding hostility from US
to Japan
US entered the war
in the Pacific which ended when US used atomic bombs in 1945
Germany started
their territorial expansion slowly than more aggressively . Ended when the Soviet Union began to fight
back and the US joined.
Recovery of Europe – civilization did not permanently collapse and
rebuilt themselves in the second half of the twentieth century.
Ch 21
Communism – roots with Karl Marx
1970s – 1/3 of the
world’s population lived in societies with communist regimes
Russia – communists came to power after the revolution in 1917…Bolsheviks
hit up workers…communist island next 25 years.
China – communism came in 1949—hit up peasants…recruited women by
liberation and marriage law…aided by Japan invasion
Communist regimes built socialism.
Communist countries pioneered forms of women’s liberation. Soviets Union women entered workforce
Soviet Union – culminated in terror/great purges late 1930s.
Global divide/cold war
Few years after
WWII, USSR/US major political/military powers – sharply opposing views
Nuclear Standoff –
cuban missile crisis
China – reformed following Mao’s death in 1976 reulting in economic
growth and prosperity…entered 2000 growing economic power/essentially capitalist
economy with communist rule.
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