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  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: 1763 - 1800 - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: 1800 - 1848 - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: 1848 - 1877 - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: 1865 - 1898 - The Gilded Age
    • Unit 4: 1890 - 1920 - American World Debut
    • Unit 5: 1920 - 1945 - Trials and Tribulations
    • Unit 6: 1945 - 1963 - Cold War Tensions
    • Unit 7: 1955 - 1980 - Conflicts & Resolutions
    • Unit 8: 1980 - present - Modern America
  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Sea of Exploration
    • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
    • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
    • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
    • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
    • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
    • AP World History >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
      • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
      • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
      • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
    • AP European History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy
    • Unit 1 - Developing State and Local Government
    • Unit 2 - The Law
    • Unit 3 - Political Culture & Ideology
    • Unit 4 - National Government
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Global Conflicts

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The 20th century brings about great social, political and technological changes  as democracy, communism and fascism  fight for dominance in a changing world filled  with global wars and mass atrocities.
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  • Russian Revolution / Vladimir Lenin
  • Bolsheviks
  • China / Sun Yat-Sen
  • Mexican Revolution / Francisco Madero
  • Young Turks / Mustafa Kemal
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7.1 SHIFTING POWER AFTER 1900

The early 20th century was rocked with revolutions that unseated long-lasting regimes and challenged existing political and social orders by creating new political ideologies and practices. This was not the result of the world wars, but conflicts centered around Russia, China, Mexico and the Ottoman Empire
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  • causes of the war
  • Schlieffen Plan
  • trench warfare / war of attrition
  • home front / total war
  • Treaty of Versailles
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7.2 THE FIRST WORLD WAR

The beginning of the 20th century saw the imperial nations of the world greatly increase the size and strength of their armies while negotiating alliances in the event of war.  All that was needed was a small spark to ignite the powder keg and lead the major nations of the world into the worst war the world had ever seen
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NEED TO KNOW
  • Great Depression
  • deficit spending
  • Joseph Stalin
  • fascism / Mussolini
  • fascism / Adolf Hitler
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7.3 THE INTERWAR YEARS 

After the First World War, economies around the world struggled to find a foothold as governments stepped in to address these troubled economic times.
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NEED TO KNOW
  • Nazi Party
  • Enabling Act / Nuremberg Laws
  • appeasement
  • Non-Aggression Pact
  • Invasion of Poland
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7.4 APPEASEMENT AND THE CAUSES OF WAR

As the world stood still in an uneasy peace, the decisions made at the end of the First World War and the ambitions of the Nazis and Imperial Japan led Europe and the world to appeasement and into the worst conflict in human history.
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  • blitzkrieg
  • Operation Barbarossa
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Battle of Stalingrad / Normandy
  • Hiroshima / Nagasaki
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7.5 THE SECOND WORLD WAR

The Second World War was similar to the First in that it was fought as a total war with all parts of the society involved, the introduction of new technologies that changed warfare, and the use of colonial resources to wage war.
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NEED TO KNOW
  • 'Spanish' Influenza 
  • Ukraine famine
  • fire bombings
  • Holocaust
  • other genocides
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7.6 MASS ATROCITIES

The 20th century introduced several mass atrocities as mankind reached new levels of violence that showcased man’s inhumanity towards man.  These mass atrocities left a death toll of tens of millions and were carried out against civilians.
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  • American History
    • American History Honors >
      • Map Test
    • Unit 0: 1763 - 1800 - Revolutionary America
    • Unit 1: 1800 - 1848 - Expansion & Reform
    • Unit 2: 1848 - 1877 - A Nation Divided
    • Unit 3: 1865 - 1898 - The Gilded Age
    • Unit 4: 1890 - 1920 - American World Debut
    • Unit 5: 1920 - 1945 - Trials and Tribulations
    • Unit 6: 1945 - 1963 - Cold War Tensions
    • Unit 7: 1955 - 1980 - Conflicts & Resolutions
    • Unit 8: 1980 - present - Modern America
  • World History
    • World History Honors
    • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
    • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
    • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
    • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Sea of Exploration
    • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
    • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
    • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
    • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
    • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
    • AP World History >
      • Unit 1: (1200-1450) - State Building in the Global Tapestry
      • Unit 2: (1200-1450) - Networks of Exchange
      • Unit 3: (1450-1750) - Land-Based Empires
      • Unit 4: (1450-1750) - Transoceanic Interconnections
      • Unit 5: (1750-1900) - Revolutions
      • Unit 6: (1750-1900) - Imperial Migration
      • Unit 7: (1900-present) - Global Conflicts
      • Unit 8: (1900-present) - Cold War & Decolonization
      • Unit 9: (1900-present) - Globalization
    • AP European History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Civic Literacy
    • Unit 1 - Developing State and Local Government
    • Unit 2 - The Law
    • Unit 3 - Political Culture & Ideology
    • Unit 4 - National Government