chapter 21

Europe history contributed to the First world war:
Italy and Germany joined territories into two major new powers
Germany and France war
Germany wanting to become industrialized became a new political problem in Europe


New Departures in the history of the 20th century
women supported their countries war efforts
war mocked the enlightenment values of progress, tolerance, and rationality
New states were formed in Central Europe and based upon the concept of "national self-determination"
In Russia, a revolution upheaval brought Bolsheviks to power and took Russia out of the war
World communism was launched and played a large role in the 20th century
War echoed to Asian and African men
United states was brought to the center of global power

The great depression was a global phenomenon
unemployment soared everywhere
Germany and the United States reached 30 percent or more
vacant factories, soup kitchens, bread lines, shantyowns, and beggars came to symbolize the human reality of this economic diaster
Germany and Austria borrowed extensive money from the U.S.
Britain and France were also indebted to the US
Brazil destroyed enough coffee crops
colonial southeast Asia supplied rubber and experienced a large export drop

Facism challenges the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy
violence against enemies was condoned and action was exalted rather than thought and reflection
individualism, Liberalism, feminism, parliamentary, democracy and communism were condoned which all divided the nation