20th+century+nationalism

Task 1: //Trigger for Change// //The Big Changes// · Wider use of some sort of democracy; totalitarianism government: communism and Fascism. · New form of authorianism=one-party rule. · Aristocracy no longer served as a primary source= led to the need for new leaders. · Greater political independence and new political regimes to help improve their efforts in the world economy. · Cultural change occurred great dispute and resistance= Marxism · The Cold War brought world wide competition between the people who believed in Marxism and the western consumerists. · The changes in politics and economy sometimes involved the opposite gender. · Women got increase in education, new legal rights and a stronger political voice. · Women lost some involvement in the economy because men took the more profitable jobs. - Environment increased rapidly. More people moving into the World economy. industrilization spread. //Continuity//
 * European dominance began to come crashing down with the start of World War I.
 * Start of a world wide depression=led to the start of World War II.
 * The European civil wars caused a massive loss of economic, demographic and political vitality=became impossible to cling to economic dominance.
 * Western superior military was shaken.
 * Collapse of European imperial dominance and decolonization.
 * Rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War to provide political, economic and policy framework.
 * United States became known as the “superpower”.
 * New methods of transportation and communication provided more people in the society to get from one place to another, goods could move around easier and ideas could be spread around.
 * Radio, Satellite transmissions and the internet started to decrease.
 * New technology refined military life.
 * Increase in the growth of population.
 * New public health measures=improvement in food supply.
 * New political reforms
 * Continued to focus on low-cost production of raw materials and foods.
 * Economic inequalities got worst by the early 21st century reflected the gaps from the older historical patterns.
 * Girls continued to be less likely to receive primary education then the boys in the Middle East and Africa.
 * Many regions tried to discipline change by combining it with older traditions.
 * Globalization.
 * trade for Africa
 * mantained economic and social reforms.
 * tried to blend into the new culture with their old traditions.
 * Russia continued to be the leader of the strong tsaints political systems.
 * United States continued to defend its soverenty.

Task 2: The Coming of the Great War //The long March to War// //The outbreak of the War// · Before 1914 decades of rivalries and mounting tensions within the European state system increased and was centered on the Balkans. · Russia wanted Serbia to determine the resistance to steady advancements of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. · The divisions and interstate rivalries of the Balkans mirrored the growing crisis of the Europeans as a whole. · In July of 1914 a Serbian nationalist; Gavriel Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo. · Austro-Hungary made a list of demands that was impossible for the Serbs to accede to without them giving up their nation’s sovereignty. · Russians tried to help the Slavic brethren in Serbia if the Austro-Hungarians would cause an outbreak in war. · Quarrels and tensions had been building up led to the mobilization of armies of the great powers in late July of 1914.
 * The Fear of Germany’s growing economic and military power drove the Russians to be the first to ally with France and Britain.
 * From the early 1860s the arrogance and aggressiveness of Germany's new ruler; Kaiser Wilhelm II magnified the threat for the emerging colossus seemed to pose for the rest of Europe.
 * The French thought their alliance with the Russians would help them brake Germany's rising supremacy and allow them to recover the providence's of Alsace and Lorraine= lost them to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.
 * Because of the Germans economics and increasing threat of their navy, it caused the British to join France and Russia to form the triple entente= Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy became known as the central powers.
 * Germany drew in Italy by promising support for its colonizing expansion.
 * But the Italians hostility to Austria-Hungary did not change because they still held land that the Italians claimed as their own.
 * Italy did not support the central powers and in 1915 they entered the conflicted side of the triple entente.
 * The alliance system was embittered by the atmosphere that was generated by the imperialist rivalries that was played amongst one and other was spread out in most of the globe.
 * The European powers were involved in empire-building overseas and became known as the great power for the amount of colonies they possessed.
 * The world available territories had been colonized by the two alliances.
 * France maneuvered to annex Morocco which included Algeria and Tunisia; Germans threaten war if the French continued but, they would back down when no other European power supported it.
 * Imperialist rivalries solidified the growing divisions between the two alliances and fed the jingoism=nationalism.
 * The European powers leaders of both great powers and the smaller states like the Balkans were eager for an increase in territories and obsessed with keeping their rivals from advancing into their countries expanses.
 * Imperialism and the alliance system were both linked to the more intense and costly arms races.
 * The Germans decision to built a navy threatened Great Britain’s control over the worlds oceans= led to the cooperation with France.
 * German military pushed for a preemptive strike before army reforms in Russia made them too power for them to be defeated.
 * Russia faced growing labor unrest's.
 * Strikes, the growth of the trade unions and votes for socialist parties steadily increased.
 * The business classes and the political elites were by the challenges because they could have affected their dominance.

Task 3: -"Balkans" -European powers -Smoke coming out of the lid of the pot. -The European powers are trying to hold the lid down so something does not come out. - Cooking pot -The word "Troubles" || - The Balkan War is about to start because the Balkans had enough of the European powers. - A group of people who were ruled over by European powers. - The European powers were involved with the Balkans and they were under their control. - The pot is becoming too hot, it is about to explode=Balkan War. - Trying to control the Balkans. -Symbolizes the uprising of the Balkans. - The troubles of the Balkans are starting to become too much for the European powers that they can not hold them together. ||
 * I see || It Means ||
 * - "The Boiling Point"

Task 5:
 * How does the introduction relate to the causes of WWI?
 * What does Wilson suggest was the reason for American entry into the war?
 * How would you summarize the main objectives of the 14 Points?
 * How might the colonies of Britain and France react to the 14 points?
 * 1) The introduction relate to the causes of World War I because it everything was enclosed from the rest of society except the territories that belonged to the same alliance. Also that one can not keep things from one another, so Wilson wants to promote peace to the Europeans. The related to World War I because they tried to create peace before they went into war with one another, and tried to make compromises, but that failed and it sent the Europeans powers into World War I. ﻿﻿ How the territories were divided.
 * 2) President Wilson suggests the reason for America’s entry into the war was that the Europeans were violating the territories they controlled rights and it made the Americans upset enough to help the triple entente. ﻿﻿Wanted to defended the sovereignty of the Balkan States.
 * 3) The main objective of the 14 points is to create peace and give the territories that are affected by World War I by being brought into it without it being their choice is to be evacuated from their area so that they do not get harmed in the war, so they want to protect the territories. And they are giving places ruled by European powers rights for themselves, giving them independence. So the 14 point is all about freedom.
 * 4) The colonies of Britain and France may react to the 14 points program is that the colonies may find this as a good idea because they get freedoms. But Britain and France may find this a bit skeptical and they would be a bit angry at it because they would have to give up their territories making them less of power.