Unit 7: Global Conflictc. 1900 - presentUnit 7 Learning Objectives:Treat these objectives as a study guide for this unit. Ask yourself how they could be turned into LEQ, DBQ,or SAQ prompts and determine how you would address them using information you learned in this unit.●Explain how internal and external factors contributed to change in various states after 1900.●Explain the causes and consequences of World War I.●Explain how governments used a variety of methods to conduct war.●Explain how different governments responded to economic crises after 1900.●Explain the continuities and changes in territorial holdings from 1900 to the present.●Explain the causes and consequences of World War II.●Explain similarities and differences in how governments used a variety of methods to conduct war.●Explain the various causes and consequences of mass atrocities in the period from 1900 to thepresent.●Explain the relative significance of the causes of global conflict in the period 1900 to the present.Causes of WWIConsequences of WWIThe causes of WWI included imperialist expansion andcompetition for resources. In addition, territorial andregional conflicts combined with a flawed alliance systemand intense nationalism to escalate the tensions intoglobal conflict. Austria_Hugary sent an ultimatum toserbian government demanding that it end all anti Austrianagitation.World War I caused more damage than any other warbefore it. 9 million soldiers and as many civilians died inthe war. Germany and Russia suffered most, bothcountries lost almost two million men in battle. Largesections of land, especially in France and Belgium, werecompletely destroyed.Give three different examples of how countries responded differently to the economic crisis after 1900:Example 1:Japan got out of Great Depressionquickly by devaluing currency(lowering the value of money inrelation to foreign currencies)Example 2:Germany and other countries turned tofascismExample 3:The United States became moreliberalCauses of WWIIConsequences of WWIIThe Causes of WWII included the unsustainable peacesettlement after WWI, the global economic crisisengendered by the Great Depression, continuedimperialist aspirations, and especially the rise to power offascist and totalitarian regimes that resulted in theaggressive militarism of Germany Under Hitler.1: The End of the European Age.
Indian troops from Punjab in France, 1917
The Mexican Revolution.pdf from Dave Phillips
Japanese capture of the German colony of Tsingtao, China, 1914
prisoners of war from various Allied nations
Colorized French photos from World War I
German Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI giant bomber
British Mark I tank during the battle of the Somme, September 1916
1919 postcard depicting the battle of Château-Thierry
The Great War, 1914-1918.pdf from Dave Phillips
"Bread Line during the Louisville flood, Kentucky, 1937"
Modernism from Dave Phillips
Totalitarianism - The Road to the Second World War.pdf from Dave Phillips
The Second World War.pdf from Dave Phillips
The Rwandan Genocide and the Eight Stages of Genocide from Dave Phillips
Bosnian genocide from Dave Phillips
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