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Agenda. Finish presentation Quiz NOTES!. Homework. Maps! Quiz next class. After WWII. The Cold War . Reconstruction. Germany Germany and Berlin divided among allies powers France, US and UK combined and installed a Democratic government Japan

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  1. Agenda • Finish presentation • Quiz • NOTES!

  2. Homework • Maps! • Quiz next class

  3. After WWII The Cold War

  4. Reconstruction • Germany • Germany and Berlin divided among allies powers • France, US and UK combined and installed a Democratic government • Japan • Occupation by the US under General Mac Author's administration • Demilization • Democracy and economic development

  5. New Institutions • United Nations

  6. Europe and United States after the War

  7. The Cold War • Containment

  8. Western Europe • Expansion of democracy • Fascists discredited • Revolutionaries fall out of favor • Suffrage expanded • Economic growth • Welfare state • Consumer culture • New cooperation and institutions

  9. Troubles in Western Europe • Inflation • “guest workers” and racism

  10. Eastern Europe • Development of Communist Bloc • Secularization, collectivization, industrialization • Soviet Union • Political stability after Stalin • Moderate and conservative

  11. Troubles in Eastern Europe • Agricultural production • People attempt to escape to the West • Brain drain • Motivation and discipline • Foreign policy failures • Environmental damage

  12. Brief history and characteristics The Cold War

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  14. Beginnings of the Cold War • Yalta Conference

  15. Two Rivalries United States USSR Dictatorship Communism Soviets set up puppet/ satellite nations in Eastern Europe • Democracy • Free enterprise system • President Truman: • Policy of containment • The Marshall Plan

  16. Characteristics of the Cold War • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) vs. Warsaw Pact • Korean War • Vietnam War • Berlin and the Berlin War • Cuban Missile Crisis • Nuclear weapons and the theory of deterrence

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  18. Agenda • Quiz • Guidance • Lecture

  19. Homework • Outline of China

  20. End of the Cold War • Collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe • Soviet economic collapse • Nationalism in Warsaw Pact countries • Tearing down the Berlin Wall • Breakup of the Soviet Union • Expansion of NATO

  21. People of the Cold War • Indira Gandhi • Margaret Thatcher • Mikhail Gorbachev • Deng Xiaoping

  22. Latin America

  23. Latin America • Already politically independent • But economically dependent • Foreign investment from West • Relied on exports and world markets

  24. Governments • Authoritarian response to the Great Depression • Leaders still in power in 1945 • Socialism and Marxism are popular after the war

  25. Pressures for Reforms • Powerful elites • Oligarchic economy and politics • Repression of Indians • Poor conditions for agricultural, later industrial, workers

  26. Solutions in Latin America • Imposed stability and growth • Single-party Mexico, military governments • Marxist revolutions • Land reform, social changes • Liberation theology • Catholicism and social justice

  27. Cold War Context • US provided export market, development assistance, foreign investment • Created Banana Republics • Intervened often • Accepted dictators • USSR supported revolutionaries

  28. Radicals • Usually supported by USSR • Succeed in taking power, but struggle in making true reforms • Maybe social success, rarely economic progress • Usually became elite-focused and authoritarian

  29. Military Coups • Nationalistic • Usually supported by US • Limited freedom in favor of stability and forced economic development • Repressive dictatorships • Not more successful than other options

  30. In Later Times (1980s) • Military gave power back, more elections • Still problems • Debt • Inflation • Drug gangs • Populism and socialism still possible

  31. Social • Women slowly gain rights, but about equal to West now • Population expands rapidly • Population movement as well: • Political and economic refugees • International labor market • Most urbanized of Third World

  32. Decolonization

  33. Decolonization of India

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  35. Setting for Indian Independence • Britain weak after WWI and WWII • Indian National Congress • Leadership of Gandhi • Political division

  36. Gandhi • Leader of Nationalist group • Passive resistance, civil disobedience: boycotted British goods, refused to pay taxes, disregarded British laws • Used ahimsa (nonviolence) and satyagraha (search for truth)

  37. Decolonization of Africa

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  41. After WWII • Resentment in imperial rule and economic exploitation • Pride in African culture and heritage • Right to self-determination

  42. Decolonization • Mixture of peaceful and violent revolutions after WWII • Colonies where lost by Britain, France. Belgium and Portugal • Helped by superpower rivalry during the cold war

  43. Examples of Independent movements • West Africa: Peaceful transition • Algeria • War of Independence from France • Kenya (Britain): • Violent struggle under leadership of Jomo Kenyatta • South Africa: • Black South African struggles against apartheid • Nelson Mandela: First black president of the republic of South Africa

  44. South Asia

  45. Challenges • Rivalries and sectarian violence • Population explosion • Parasitic Cities and Endangered Ecosystems • Women’s Rights • Cold War Rivalries and Development

  46. Solutions • Populism • One-party rule (or military) • Nasser in Egypt • State intervention • India • Religious Revivalism • Iran

  47. Asia • Japan • Pacific Rim • Taiwan • China • Vietnam

  48. Will break into the following groups • Eastern Europe after the fall of the soviet Union • India/Pakistan • Israel/Palestine • Balkans • Persian Gulf • Ethnic conflicts (Rwanda and Sudan) • Failed states (Somalia, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia) • Affect / characteristic of Globalization

  49. Directions • Create the TOP 10 thing you will need to know about each item. • Write it down in ONE piece of paper.

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