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 (Est)
1911-1920	Mexican Revolution	200,000	1,000,000
1914-1918	World War I	8,500,000	21,500,000
1918-1921	Russian Civil War	800,000	8,800,000
1927-1937	Chinese Civil War	400,000	3,100,000
1935-1936	Abyssinian War (Italy vs. Ethiopia)	75,000	710,000
1936-1939	Spanish Civil War	200,000	365,000
1937-1945	World War II	20,000,000	50,000,000
1945-1954	French Indo-China War	385,000	1,300,000
1945-1949	Chinese Civil War	1,200,000	6,194,000
1950-1953	Korean War	1,200,000	595,000
1954-1962	French-Algerian War	160,000	675,000
1956-1972	Sudanese Civil War	100,000	500,000
1965-1973	Vietnam War	1,200,000	1,710,000
1980-1988	Iran-Iraq War	350,000	1,000,000
1979-1989	Afghanistan War (Soviets and Afghanis)	150,000	1,800,000

Other atrocities include:

Date	Event	Death Toll
1900-1908	Congo Uprisings	3 million
1975-1979	Khmer Rouge in Cambodia	1.65 million
1914-1918	Armenian Genocide	1.5 million
1982-1992	Ethiopian Civil Wars	1.4 million
1971	East Pakistan Massacres	1.25 million
1976-1992	Mozambique Civil War	.8 million
1994	Rwanda Genocide	.8 million
1975-1994	Angola Civil War	.5 million
1965-1967	Indonesian Communists Purge	.5 million
1991-now	Somalia Chaos	.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

Unit 4 AP World History (PT1)

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Other atrocities include:

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