1. Industrial Revolution and Nationalism – World at War Chapter 15 Section 3

3. Industrial Revolution  A life-changing period when goods changed from being made by hand to being made by machine in factories

4. Industrial Revolution Changes  Machines were invented to speed weaving textiles  Improved transportation systems meant people could travel more quickly and more cheaply  Improved communication meant people could keep in touch even though separated be long distances

5. Negative Effects of the Industrial Revolution  Cities grew too quickly people lived in dirty conditions diseases spread  Factory owners took advantage of workers Wages were low Working conditions were poor

6. Positive Effects of the Industrial Revolution  Making and selling goods was an important part of the economy  Nations became more democratic as workers were given a stronger voice in making laws

7. Imperialism (Age of Imperialism late 1800s)  The practice of taking control of foreign territories as colonies in order to form an empire Colonies provided raw materials needed for industry Colonies supplied markets for European goods http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/1907powr.htm

8. Nationalism (cause of WWI)  Pride in one’s country Destructive Nationalism – can make one nation harm another Can lead to war

9. World War I (Alliances – cause of WWI)  Nations feared one another so they formed alliances  Two Great Alliances Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey (Central Powers) Great Britain, France, and Russia (Allied Powers) ( Roots of War: Discovery Streaming )

10. World War I – The Great War  Began July 28, 1914  Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated  U.S. joined in 1917 at the request of President Woodrow Wilson  War ended in 1918  Results: Austria-Hungary was split, Germany lost its overseas empires and a lot of land was taken away, Germany was required to pay war damages  Treaty of Versailles

11. World War II  Began Sept. 1, 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland  Alliances: Germany, Italy, and Japan (Axis Powers) Great Britain, France, Soviet Union and United States (Allied Powers)

12. World War II  December 7, 1941 – attack on Pearl Harbor (Discovery Learning)  U.S. declared war on Japan Dec. 8, 1941 – Franklin Roosevelt  War in Europe ended May 1945  Hiroshima bombed August 6, 1945  Nagasaki bombed August 9, 1945

13. Results  6 million Jews were killed – Holocaust  Germany was divided East Germany West Germany Map  6 million Jews were killed – Holocaust  Creation of Israel  Formation of the United Nations

14. Communism  A form of unlimited government in which the state owns the farms and factories and decides what will be grown and produced  Started by Vladimir Lenin – Russia’s first Communist Leader

15. The Iron Curtain  An imaginary boundary created to cut off people in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union from the west  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain  http://www.brianrose.com/lostborder.htm http://www.brianrose.com/lostborder.htm

16. The Cold War  A period of tension without actual fighting  Began after WW II  The U.S. wanted to stop communism from spreading throughout the world