1. The second world war Period 6 (1900 – Present)
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Period 6
(1900 – Present)
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2. Sources of global conflict
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3. Causes of World War II Nationalism Rise of Fascism Totalitarianism
Imperial Expansion
Lebensraum
Economic crisis engendered by Great Depression

4. Improved military technology
Militarism
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6. Ethnic Violence The Holocaust Hitler’s “New Order”
Soviet Union invasion; pure Aryan race would colonize area for land and food
Final Solution – exterminate all of the Jewish people in Europe
1941 – begins to work on complete annihilation of Jew, Slavs, gypsies
Initially, Jews were expelled from jobs and school
Forced to live in ghettos
Had to wear a star of David on clothing
Some escape, some go into hiding
Many sent to concentration camps

7. Ethnic Violence Concentration Camps
Hundreds of thousands of Jews are moved to labor camps (Buchenwald and Dachau) and death camps (Treblinka and Auschwitz)
“Showers” - Gas chambers
Starved
Medical experiments
Some resistance; runaways
Nazis try to keep it a secret
Remains until 1945

8. The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations
No control of major conflicts.
No progress in disarmament.
No effective military force.

9. The decline of European hegemony
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10. Allies Become Enemies U.S. mad at Stalin Stalin mad at the U.S.
Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler
Stalin mad at the U.S.
Allies did not invade earlier than 1944
Creation of the United Nations
Protect members against aggression
Security Council includes 5 permanent members; U.S., Great Britain, Soviet Union, China, and France
Goals of the USA and USSR are different
Proxy Wars

12. Picasso
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13. Antinuclear Weapon Movement
Reaction to the nuclear arms race