Unit 7: The Changing World By Andrew C. Jackson

Struggles for Power (1096) World Wars The Cold War Independence World powers fought for domination The Cold War Democracy vs. communism Independence Localized Terrorism

Triumphs and Tragedies of Science and Technology Planes, trains, and automobiles Microchip Late 1950’s Medicine antibiotics War Biological/chemical weapons Natural resources pollution

New Ways of Living (1097) Pace is quicker Beginning of 20th century Mostly rural End of 20th century 40% urban Rich and poor Still a widening gap

Global Interdependence Trade, technology, and communications Made the world “smaller” and more “flat” Positives Can help underdeveloped countries Negatives Countries can lose identities

Democracy and Education Democracy is spreading Especially for women and minorities Education is much more available now Almost every country now offers something

Timeline (1098-99) Look over and ask questions. I will try to help answer them.

Expressions of Modernism (1102-1103) Type I Writing (see me for details)

Social Change in Europe (1104) WWI losses horrified people Russia Revolution led to communism Cars and radios Gave some freedom The bad guys Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin

Breakdown of traditional beliefs Charles Darwin Origin of Species Sigmund Freud Father of psychology Albert Einstein Theory of relativity

Alienation of the Artist (1105) Distant Hostile Banded together

Search for the new Rallying cry of modernists: “Make it new!” Ezra Pound (poet)

Part 2: When Worlds Collide Responses to War and Conflict (pp. 1200-01) The Russian Revolution and the Cold War The Great War An Even Greater War Struggles for Independence Fighting for Freedom

World War I (1202) 1914-1918 Allied Powers Central Powers Armistice U.S. entered in 1917, turning tide of war Allied Powers Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, and others Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire Armistice Led to WWII

The Russian Revolution and aftermath 1917 Czar Nicholas II forced from power Bolsheviks Led by Vladimir Lenin—became USSR Joseph Stalin Brutal dictator—killed many of his own people

Revolution in China (1204) 1912 1928 1949 1966 Sun Yat-sen Chiang Kai-shek took control (hard on communists) 1949 Mao Zedong makes China communist 1966 Cultural revolution

Collapse of Colonial Empires India Mohandas Ghandi led separation from GB Nigeria Became independent in 1960 from GB Algeria Won independence from France in ‘62 South Africa Ended apartheid in 1991

The Cold War Democracy vs. Communism Iron curtain Korea Vietnam U.S. against Eastern Europe primarily Iron curtain Separation of West and East (Churchill) Korea 1950-53 (to stop spread of communism) Vietnam 1965-75 (same philosophy as Korea) Space race Nuclear and astronaut competion Glasnost Ended communism in USSR and much of world

Conflicts in Latin America (1205) Argentina Juan Peron became dictator Chile Salvador Allende was militaristic leader Cuba Fidel Castro is military dictator

Conflicts in the Middle East Zionism Movement to move Jewish homeland to Palestine Palestine Was divided up in 1948 (conflict has been there ever since Iran/Iraq 1,000,000 people died in war between these two countries in the 1980’s Saddam Hussein recently overthrown by U.S.

Other ethnic conflicts Yugoslavia Bosnia-Herzegovina was part of group that voted for independence Ethnic cleansing resulted U.S. intervened to forge peace agreement in 1995

Here endeth the lesson Andrew Jackson August, 2012