1900

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1900 Present20th century and Beyond
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Periodization

• Why 1900?

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Ideologies

• Economic vs Political
• Socialism Scientific, Utopian -gt International
  Marxism
• Communism
• Fascism- Totalitarianism
• Representative democracy

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Revolutions

• New ideas about class and property, land reform
• How did this differ from 18th and 19th century?

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Mexican Revolution
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Russian Revolution
Peace, Bread, and Land
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Chinese Revolutions
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Cuban Revolution
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Iranian Revolution
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A New Age of Conflict

• Role of technology how war changes
• Continued Impact of Disease
• Connection of Nationalism to conflict
• Balance of power politics versus ethnic
  nationalism

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World War I- The Great War
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World War II The Western Front
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World War II The Eastern Front
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World War II- Globally
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World War II- The Pacific War
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The Cold War
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International Organizations
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Wars of Independence
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International Terrorism
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Decolonization

• A long and painful process Resistance, Treaty of
  Versailles, Protests, Gradual or sudden
  transitions
• Colonial legacies?

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Independence
22
Colonial Legacy
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Global Economics

• Global Depression
• North and South
• Interdependence
• Emergence of Pacific Rim
• Globalization pros and cons?
• NAFTA and W.T.O.
• Consumerism
• Religious response to Globalization

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Global Economics
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Human Rights

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
• Genocide Convention, 1948
• Armenian 1918
• Jewish Holocaust 1930s- 1940s
• Cambodia- Pol Pot 1975- 1979
• Rwanda, 1994
• Child Labor, Soldiers, Slavery

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Genocide Statistics- Think POV
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Genocide
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Social Reforms

• Rise of Feminism (suffrage for women)
• Civil rights movements globally
• Anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
• Class, religious, racial, gender, and sexual
  orientation, reforms worldwide

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Social Changes
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Human Environmental Interaction

• Continued Urbanization
• Green Revolution
• Deforestation
• Ozone depletion
• Global environmental efforts

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Human Environmental Interaction
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Demographics

• World Population 6.5 billion
• Global impacts?

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World Population
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Conclusions

• Impact of technology?
• Role of International Organizations?
• Challenges?
• Universal truths?