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History in a Nut Shell

History in a Nut Shell. Democracy~ For the people by the people. Athens, Greece (Direct) Roman Republic…(Indirect) like America Magna Carta~ limited the power of the King Constitutional monarchs=limited monarchs Bill of Rights Mary & William of Orange. 3 rd Estate.

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History in a Nut Shell

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  1. History in a Nut Shell

  2. Democracy~ For the people by the people • Athens, Greece (Direct) • Roman Republic…(Indirect) • like America • Magna Carta~ limited the power of the King • Constitutional monarchs=limited monarchs • Bill of Rights • Mary & William of Orange

  3. 3rd Estate Enlightenment/French Revolution • John Locke- • Thomas Hobbes- • Montesquieu- • Fall of the Bastille • Tennis Court Oath/Reign of Terror… • Nap. Coup de etat • Napoleonic Code • Nap’s 3 mistakes….downfall • Continental system, Peninsular War, Invasion of Russia • Congress of Vienna~ balance the power & restore the monarchs • 100 Years

  4. I.R. Britain • People moving from the rural area to the urban area • Urbanization (jobs) • Machines…mass production (more food-less workers) • Romanticism~ fake/imagination • Realism~ REAL (Charles Dickens) • Influenced by I.R..

  5. Imperialism~ Strong take over weak • More land (colonies)=more power • Industrialization=power • Berlin Conference (divide Africa) • Britain/France most land • Ethiopia/Liberia~ ind. • China… • Taiping Rebellion~ huge peasant rebellion • Boxer Rebellion~ kick foreigners out (failed) • India’s Ind. from Britain • Mohandas Gandhi

  6. Today • Work on Review • Complete missing assignments • All assignments are due by Wed 27th • No exceptions

  7. WWI 1914-1918 • Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. (Central Powers) • Triple Entente: France, Great Britain, and Russia. (Allied Powers) • Schlieffen Plan~ Germany’s 2-front war plan • Failed-brought Britain in war, lead to trench war on w. front • Russian out Revolution-1917 • US entered war for 2 reasons • Zimmerman telegram • Unrestricted sub-warfare • Paris Peace Conference • League of Nations- • Treaty of Versailles (peace=20yrs) • Suffered territory/military losses, war reparations($) guilt clause, excluded from League of Nations

  8. The rise of Totalitarianism Germany~ Hitler Nazism Gestapo Mein Kampf Enabling act Appeasement USSR~ Stalin Communism CHEKA The Great Purge Five Year Plan Collective Farms Italy~ Mussolini Fascism Black Shirts March on Rome Invasion of Ethiopia

  9. WWII- 1939-1945 • Invasion of Poland=Started WWII • Axis Powers • Germany, Italy, & Japan • Allied Powers • Britain & France • The Fall of France • Battle of Britain~ Churchill “ we will never surrender” • Operation Barbarossa~ Invasion of USSR • Holocaust~ camps mostly in Poland-killed 11 million total people

  10. WWII (cont) • Pearl Harbor- • Japanese interment camps (FDR) • D-Day~ US troops landed on the beaches of Normandy-began to drive Nazi’s back • Battle of the Bulge • Hitler’s last attempt (failed) • Atomic Bomb (Truman) • Nagasaki & Hiroshima • United Nations • Article 9 • Japan cannot start war

  11. Cold War 1946-1991 • US (capitalist) vs. USSR (Communist) • Truman Doctrine~ contain communism • Marshall Plan~ contain communism by giving $$$ • Domino Theory (Eisenhower) if one falls to communist all do • China~ communist • Korea~ divided 38th parallel • Vietnam~ communist • Cuba~ communist • US won

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