Contemporary Period Exam Flashcards
WW1
Cause: MANIA
Effects: Treaty of Versaill, Mandates, Zionism, Mandates, Sykes-Picot Agrement, Germany lost colonies
Collapse of the Ottoman Empire
- Treaty of Lausanne(solidifgied borders of Turkey)
- Abolished sultanate
- Established Democratic Constitution
- Removed millet system(religous court); created Secular State
- Secular Western Education Systyem
- Women given right to vote (equal/legal rights)
- Abolished Polygamy
- cAUSE
Post WW1
Treaty of Versailles
- Peace Treaty of WW1
- Made Between 20 countries @ Palace of Versailles
- Fails to establish lasting peace
- Set up conflicts & resentments (—> WW2)
- The U.S refused to sign because of Isolationist fear/worry
CONTRARY to custom: conference didn’t include defeated Central Powers + Russia & smaller Allied nations
Totalitarian Governments Post WW1
Gov. Requires COMPLETE obediance to the state
Fascim: glorifies state + ruler
- Opposed= Outlawed
- Militaristic, Impoerialistic, No Freedom
Communism: form of Socialism where collective ownership means of productino belongs to the community
Appeled to sates with NEGATIVE Economies
Cause of WW2
- Treaty of Versaille
- Great Depression
- Totalitarian Dictators [Stalin, Mussolini(Italy)]
- Hitler and Nazi Party
- Apperasment + Give Into Aggresors Demands
- Japanesse Expansion
Genocides in 20th Century
- ## Holocaust
Decolonization
1945-1990
- Want Indenpendence from colonial control
- African, Asian, Middle Easterm States
- New Imperialism, Growing Nationaklism, WW1, WW2
- War OR Negociated Independence
- Lead by Middle Class Western Educated Indigenous People
India British Control
Vietnam
- French Control
Cold War
US v.s. Soviet Union
- Proxy Wars
- M.A.D
- Non-Aligned States
Nuclear Proliferation
- M.A.D
- Arms Race
Containment
- US attempt to spot spreed of communism
Patrice Lamumbda
Congo
Cold War Tensions
African Leader
“Hero” for denouncing former colonial master
Killed(Got help from Soviet Union + Tried to gain control of valuable mines)
The Green Revolution
New Era of agriculture
- Improved farming techniques + crop yeilds
Context: Post WW2(starvation), The Great Depression
Mao’s Communist Revolution
- Reforms
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Great Leap Forward (Economic Model
Created Communes;Collectivization (group farms)
Rapid Industrialization (produced steel)
failed (lack of expertise/equipment
Caused Starvation + World’s Largerst Famine (poor planing/droughts) -
Cultural Revolution (Social/Political Movement)
Red Gaurds (yopung teens; purged)
Equal Society of Peasents/Workers
Remove Capitalist /Traditional Elements
Moa’s attempt to revive his image
4 Olds
Attack on Religion
School= Learn who to attack
Deng Xiaoping Economic Reforms in China
Tianamen Square Massacre
- Students protested for democratic reforms
- Tanks/Troops killed and injured thousands
Demographic Changes in 20th Century
- Industrialized/Indepoendent States had more money for sfatey measures
- Lower Fertilierty Rates due
