-
Independence for Haiti- chapter 27
-When French Revolution brok out, Haiti wanted to be independent because it was ruled by the French.
-Thousands of slaves revolted in 1791
-Violence and battles continued for 13 years between the slaves and the French
-Many people were now horified by what happened, the fights took a terrible toll. -
The Monroe Doctrine- chapter 27
-The British asked the US for help so if they ever came to a battle with Latin America that the US would have their back
-James Monroe created a policy that stated, any country that has independence and maintained it, should and will not be harmed by any European intervention.
-This freed Latin American countries from threat of reconquest. -
The Triple Alliance- chapter 28
-The goal of the triple alliance was to isolate france so it could not take revenge on Germany
-this alliance was made to build up military power and combine with allies to prepare incase a war broke out
-This allaiance included Bismark, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. Germany also made a secret alliance with russia but Russia and Austria-Hungry ended up having rivalry
-The Reinsurance treaty of 1887 fixed the rivalry after that -
The Spanish-American war- chapter 27
-Americans sent a ship to cuba to save their citizens and property from the battles about to come. But it mysteriously exploded on its journey.
-Spanish declared war
-US quickly won battles in Carribean and Pacific
-prace treaty was signed by spanish, giving US spanish land
-2 naval stations were then built in cuba and limits put on cubans ability to borrow from foreign powers -
The triple Entente- chapter 28
-Reinsurance treaty with Russia and Austria-Hungary lapsed
-France now took Russia to involve in their alliance, Russia accepted because of their hatred for Austria-Hungary
-This alliance said if either of the countries were threatened, the other would aid
-Britain joined in 1904
-this alliance became very dangerous because 1 minor incedent could lead to a general war -
Revolution in Russia- chapter 28
-This revolution was caused by their assault in Ukrain
-The assault led to food shortages and unhappy and poor pople.\
-Bread riots began the revolution because of all the commotion being caused
-Government wanted to continue the war
-In october 1917, a report was claimed by an officer that the russian army was now "immense, desperate, and a weary crowd of men united by their common desire for peace." -
Civil war in russia-chapter 30
-bolsheviks were renamed communists in March 1918
-anti-bolsheviks forces in russia were continuing to try and overthrow the new government
-communists were called the "reds"
-therre were 18 rival groups seeking to get rid communists
-they were almost defeated in 1919 but the "reds" got the peasents to side with them and claimed that if the whites lost, the land reform would be lifted.
-in 1921, the communists efforts paid off and the whites were defeated -
The March on Rome- chapter 30
-In the early 1920's Mussolini's followers would rome around the streets of italian cities in black shirts beating communists and socialists.
-They kicked all socialists and communists out of Milan, Bologna
-Mussolini announced that in October 1922 he would lead the "March on Rome"
- he did this to scare off the government so they would back down
-this worked, later that day the king announced him as prim minister. -
Expanded Horizons for Women- chapter 29
-Before the war, women had few rights
-After the war, women were able to vote, run in office, wear makeup, and even their styles changed too.
-During the war, many women were provided jobs to take over mens places while they were off fighting
-the number of women working decreased when the war was over but was still a higher number then it was in 1914
-they gained more political/economic rights, earned their own money and indeppendence, and also changed their style to shorter hair and skirts -
The 5 year plan- chapter 30
-Stalin and his countries industry was much less advanced compared to other countries.
-he made a 5 year plan claiming the soviet union would industrialize in every way needed in the next 5 years.
-In this time he built steel mills, electric power stations, chemical/cement plants, and oil refineries.
-from 1928-1940 the plan was moving along quite impressivley
-Although this is what the soviet union needed, it took many sacrifices -
New Technology: 1913-1939-chapter 29
-Jobs were now being made easier because of the new technology being made.
-Food was canned and now ready to cook, making it easier for women to make dinners, irons and vaccums were also created
-by 1919 airplanes were made to fly mail from country to country and by 1930, the first airline service for people was made and in use.
-by 1938, 2 million people had registered their automobiles and were using them
-this advanced society still to this day -
Nationalism in Africa: 1920's-1920's- chapter 29
-Africa believed their time at war would be giving them political freedom.
-They tried to oppose colonial rule while Europeans tried to gain African territory
-Nationalists tried to fight the french control against them
-British rule upon africa affected the traditional culture of africa
-This led to arguments and battles only to end with european powers ruling major parts in Africa -
Spanish civil war- chapter 31
-there was much unrest in the country that caused this war
-political, social, and economic unrest
-July 1936 a group of generals led by Fransisco Franco caused an uprisig against the republican government
-the group was looking for a fascist state.
-Italy and Germany both joined the war after this
-It ended in 1939 with the victory of the nationalist fascist party -
The Nazi empire in europe- chapter 31
-massive group led by hitler
-they were majorly against jews
-imposed heavy taxes on the french
-sent many people to factories as slaves
-persecuted jews in their occupied areas and sent others to concentration camps
-left the jewish race scarece in Germany
-devestating aftermath for those that survived it all -
Attack on Pearl Harbor- chapter 31
-Japan attacked china so the US decided to drop the commercial treaty they had with Japan
-Japan became very upset and on December 7, 1941, Japanese planes flew over an american naval base bombing and raiding for 2 hours
-roosevelt declared war the next day
-germany and italy which were japans allies joined the war against the US
-Japan rose to victory and took much of the land that belonged to the US -
The Marshall Plan- chapter 32
-Europe was in the middle of war against communists and non-communists and the US responded to the threat
-Many people were suffering from hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos
-Marshall created a plan to help those in need in the european countries
-between 948 and 1952, 13$ billion was poured into helping the western european countries.
-this boosted economics and political conditions -
Korean war- chapter 32
-korea was seprated into two parts, the US had the southern part and the soviet unione had the Northern part
-Soviet sent north korean troops into the south and this caused war for 3 years.
-finally a cease-fire treaty was signed in July 1953
-the boundry between north and south korea was restored -
Civil war in Algeria- chapter 32
-Algerian nationalists wanted independence but french settlers in algeria opposed
-war broke out
-this led to the downfall of the fourth republic
-france then turned to charles de gaulle to save france
-he ended up stabilizing france and recognizing algerias independence
-this caused resentment with western allies
