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
World Wars, c. 1900-Today:
- 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 crisis 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 the present.
- Explain how different governments responded to economic crisis after 1900.
- Explain the continuities and changes in territorial holdings from 1900 to the present.
The Mexican Revolution.pdf from Dave Phillips
| | - World War I was the first total war. Governments used a variety of strategies, including political propaganda, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism, to mobilize populations (both in the home countries and the colonies) for the purpose of waging war.
- New military technology led to increased levels of wartime casualties.
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Japanese capture of the German colony of Tsingtao, China, 1914
prisoners of war from various Allied nations
| Austro-Hungarian troops on the mountainous Italian Front |
German East African soliders |
Colorized French photos from World War I
| | The Great War in 1914-1915 | |
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
| | The Great War in 1916-1918 | |
| In January 1919, communists tried to seize power in Germany during the failed Spartacist Uprising. 1919 illustration of the stab-in-the-back myth, a dangerous right-wing conspiracy theory that blamed Germany's defeat in World War I on Jews, liberals, socialists, and communists, and contributed to the rise of the Nazi Party. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey (1923-1938) transformed Turkey into a progressive, secular, industrial nation. | - The West dominated the global political order at the beginning of the 20th century, but both land-based and maritime empires gave way to new states by the century’s end.
- The older, land-based Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires collapsed due to a combination of internal and external factors. These changes in Russia eventually led to communist revolution.
audio pronunciation guide: Article: The Chinese Revolution of 1911: Failure or Success? Article: The War After the War: 7 Revolutions Caused By World War One |
"Bread Line during the Louisville flood, Kentucky, 1937"
photo by Margaret Bourke-White
Modernism from Dave Phillips
Totalitarianism - The Road to the Second World War.pdf from Dave Phillips
| Japanese propaganda poster depicting a samurai triumphing over Allied navy ships with the Axis Power flags of Germany, Japan, and Italy fluttering in the background. | - The causes of World War II included the unsustainable peace settlement after World War I, the global economic crisis engendered by the Great Depression, continued imperialist aspirations, and especially the rise to power of fascist and totalitarian regimes that resulted in the aggressive militarism of Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler.
- World War II was a total war. Governments used a variety of strategies, including political propaganda, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism, to mobilize populations (both in the home countries and the colonies or former colonies) for the purpose of waging war. Governments used ideologies, including fascism and communism to mobilize all of their state’s resources for war and, in the case of totalitarian states, to repress basic freedoms and dominate many aspects of daily life during the course of the conflicts and beyond.
- New military technology and new tactics, including the atomic bomb, fire-bombing, and the waging of “total war” led to increased levels of wartime casualties.
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The Second World War.pdf from Dave Phillips
| The Sowers (1942) by Thomas Hart Benton portrays the barbarity of fascism. | |
The Rwandan Genocide and the Eight Stages of Genocide from Dave Phillips
Bosnian genocide from Dave Phillips
1900 CE-Today: Global Challenges