1914 to Present Cram Packet: ~28% of Exam Content
BIG IDEAS:
The 20th Century was a time when the world got "smaller."
Communication and transportation made it possible to connect to every part of the globe and even
into outer space.
The United States came to dominate the world during the 20th century and our culture spread
everywhere (McWorld) Not every part of the globe felt comfortable with the Americanization of
the world. American values can be interpreted as being based upon consumerism, greed, sex, and
violence (remember our movies and music are everywhere). Many societies viewed this as in
direct violation of their traditional values.
The United States dominated the world economically and politically. We became the richest
country in the history of the world. In many cases our multi-national corporations used cheap
labor and cheap natural resources from the underdeveloped world to become extremely wealthy.
The 20th Century has been the most violent century in history. The bloodiest official wars:
Dates
War
Military Death Toll
Total Estimated
Death Toll (Eat)
1911-1920
Mexican Revolution
200.000
1,000,000
1914-1918
World War I
8,500,000
21,500,000
1918-1921
Russian CMI War
800,000
8.800.000
1927-1937
Chinese Clvl War
400,000
3,100,000
1935-1936
Abyssinian War (italy VS. Ethiopla)
75,000
710,000
1936-1939
Spanish CMI War
200.000
365,000
1937-1945
World War II
20.000.000
50,000,000
1945-1954
French Indo-China
385,000
1,300,000
1945-1949
Chinese Clvi War
1,200,000
6,194,000
1950-1953
Korean War
1,200,000
595,000
1954-1962
French-Algertan War
160.000
675,000
1956-1972
Sudanese CMI War
100,000
500,000
1965-1973
Vietnam War
1,200,000
1,710,000
1950-1988
Iran-Iraq War
350,000
1,000,000
1950-1989
Afghanistan Soviets and Afgnanis)
150,000
1,800,000
Other atrodities Include:
Date
Event
Death Toll
1900-1908
Congo Uprisings
3 million
1975-1979
Khmer Rouge In Cambodia
1.65 millon
1914-1918
Armentan Genocide
1.5 million
1982-1992
Ethioplan Civil Wars
1.4 million
1971
East Patistan Massacres
1.25 million
1976-1992
Mozambique Civil War
.8 milton
1994
Rwanda
.8 miltion
1975-1994
Angola Civil War
.5 million
1965-1967
Indonestan Communists
.5 million
1991-now
Somala Chace
.35 million
1. Questions of periodization
Continuities and breaks, causes of changes from the previous period and within this period: 1914 -
World
War
I
begins;
world becomes smaller through communication and transportation; WWII; end of imperialism; domination of American
culture; Cold War; advanced technology; space race; nationalism
