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Imperialism and the Great War
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1870
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1919
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19th Century - 20th Century
People to Know
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Vocabulary
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Peardeck™
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Coming Soon
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NEED TO KNOW
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Beginning around 1870, "New Imperialism" influences the major European states to look for new areas to expand their growing industrial empires. Number one on their list: Africa.
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Asian Imperialism continues to show the influence and effects of the "New Imperialism". Imperial discussions continue as the influence of new technology and missionary work are addressed.
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Tensions build after one-hundred years of peace between the major power that need only a spark to set off a major war. However, a lot has changed in one-hundred years as industry and mechanized weapons change the nature of warfare resulting in one of the worst war experiences Europe has ever seen.
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Troubles in Russia are accelerated with the arrival of Vladimir Lenin and the rise of the Bolsheviks that lead to the overthrow of the Russian monarchy and establishment of the first communist state. Meanwhile, the Great War that has ravaged Europe comes to a close with the Germans left feeling betrayed rather than defeated.
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