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The Cold War World: Global Politics, Economic Recovery, and Cultural Change

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87Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 4 June 2015 Chapter 17 Outline Cold War: Global Politics, Econ. Recovery, Cultural Change 1m?s of Euro refugees trekked100s/1k?s of mi. on foot to return to homes Housing was nonexistent; 1946, 100m Euros lived on <1.5k cal/day Fam?s. scraped vegetables from gardens/traded smuggled goods on black market Gov?t?s rationed food; winter 1946, had no fuel Coal, prewar supply, couldn?t be transported to needy areas 2 powers emerged, US/USSR, dev. Of ?Cold War? Cold War divided Euro, East occupied by USSR, West by US Led to political/econ. Integration, resulting in Euro Common Market in West/socialist bloc dominated by USSR inEast Collapse of empires/creation of nations raised stakes of Cold War

The Second World War

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 2 June 2015 Chapter 16 Outline WW2 9/1939, Euro was consumed by world war Trigged by threats to balance of power Hitler castconflict as racial war against democracy/communism Believed they were def?ing. Way of life/justice Hi-speed. War (Blitzkrieg), air carriers, submarines changed scope of fighting Killing was aimed at civilians; cities were destroyed by artillery/aerial bombing Nazis? murder of gypsies, homos, ?deviants,? Jews, made WW2 unique US? use of atom bomb; belligerents? will to win grew as war went on Was cast of war of absolutes, good/evil, survival Causes of War: Unsettled Quarrels, Econ. Fallout, Nat?l?ism

Turmoil between the Wars

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 31 May 2015 Chapter 15 Outline Turmoil Between Wars WW1 took 9m/destroyed Euro confidence Euros in interwar yrs. Wantedsocialism/commie, turned to extremisms on right Result in 20s was collapse of democracy; 30s, few democracies remained Brit, France, US, regimes were frayed by challenges Cause of democracy?s decline was econ., caused by WW1/Great Depression of 1929-33 Layin social conflict, exacerbated by war; electorate rallied to extremist parties that promised transformations of nations Nat?l?ism was source of discontent, Italy/Germany, nat?l?ism turned against gov?t?s

The First World War

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 29 May 2015 Chapter 14 Outline WW1 Battle of Somme began 6/24/1916, Brit artillery barrage against German trenches along 25-mi.front; Brits fired 1.5m rounds over 7 days Mixing gas with explosions, gunners pulverized landscape/poisoned atmosphere German def?ers. Huddled in masks; guns went silent, 10k?s of Brits rose out of trenches, bearing 60 lbs. of equipment, made way into NoMan?s Land Were told wire-cutting explosives would destroy barbed wire between trenches, leaving them free to charge across before Germans could recover Found barbed wire intact; caught when German machine-gunners def?d.

Modern Industry and Mass Politics, 1870–1914

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 27 May 2015 Chapter 13 Outline Modern Industry/Mass Politics, 1870 ? 1914 Revolting against conservatism of Italian culture,Italian poet/lit. editor F. T. Marinetti called for renewal of civilization thru ?courage, audacity, revolt? Trumpeted futurism, new form of beauty, beauty of speed Celebrated war/disparaged 19thliberalism Late 19th, 2ndindustrial revolution produced techniques for manufacturing/sources of power, including electricity/petroleum; transformed Euro towns/cities Euro nation-state electorates expo?d./new blocs of voters participated; mass-based political parties brought new demands; socialists mobilized industrial workers, suffragists demanded franchise for women

Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870–1914

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 25 May 2015 Chapter 12 Outline Imperialism/Colonialism, 1870 ? 1914 1869, Suez Canal opened; sliced thru 100s of mi. ofEgyptian desert to link Mediterranean/Red seas, cutting trip from London to Bombay in ? Showcased abilities of West power/tech to transform globe, human cost: 30k Egyptians worked as forced laborers, 1k?s died during cholera epidemics French under Napoleonled, Brit?s bankers followed; Euro financial interests dev?d. relationship with gov?t of Egypt as semi-indep. State inside Ottoman Empire 1875, Brit ctrl?d. canal, purchasing 44% of canal?s shares from Egyptian khedive when he was threatened with bankruptcy 1880s, econ./political relationships produced debt/instability in Egypt

What Is a Nation? Territories, States, and Citizens, 1848–1871

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 23 May 2015 Chapter 11 Outline Territories, States, Citizens, 1848 ? 1871 3/13/1848, Klemens von Metternich was forced toresign as minister of state His system of internat'l relations, stability was guaranteed by reinforcing legit. Of rulers against reform, was swept aside by liberalism Fled England; French king was overthrown in 2/1848 Regime change, expo., econ., citizenship were issues in 1848 Nationalismwas based on assumption that gov?t?s could be legit. Only if they reflected char., history, customs of nation 1789-1848, Euros associated nat?l?ism with liberalism

From Restoration to Revolution, 1815–1848

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 19 May 2015 Chapter 10 Outline Restoration to Revolution, 1815 ? 1848 Expo. Of informed public cont'd. Wordcitizenwascontroversial in aftermath of French Revolution Liberalism's ideas, =ity before law, freedom of expression, consent of gov'd., were threat to Euro rulers, especially with nat'l'ism Republicans called for universal male suffrage/end to monarchy Socialists disturbed by in=ities produced in market econ. Argued that political reform wasn't enough; to socialists, justice was possible with reordering of society that distributed prop. =ly; 1815-48, no revolution succeeded Romanticism broke with Classicism/formalityof 18thart Romantics prized subjectivity, feeling, spontaneity

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 17 May 2015 Chapter 9 Outline Industrial Revolution/19thSociety Following dev. Of mechanized industry/emergence oflarge-scale manufacturing in Brit textiles, industrialization spread to Euro/North America Led proliferation of capital-intensive enterprises, new ways of organizing labor/cities Made possible by newnrg, led to faster forms ofmechanized transport, higher productivity, emergence of consumer markets for manufactured goods 1800, world produced 10m tons of coal 1900, produced 1b; Industrial Revolution brought fossil-fuel age Mechanization made possible gains in productivity

The French Revolution

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP European History 14 May 2015 Chapter 8 Outline French Revolution Parisians attacked Bastille on 7/14/1789; revolt was support for Nat'l Assembly Rep?s.declared toend to absolutism in France by writing constitution that made nation sovereign authority Actions of revolutionaries were of anger at king's soldiers, feared might attack Gov. of Bastille prison attacked revolutionaries, killing <100, redoubled fury Prison fell, gov's. Body was dragged to square, beheaded 1789, 1/5 Euros lived in France; aristocrats/colonies resentedlimits on freedom Middle class chafed under official privilege that they saw as unjust/outmoded Peasants resented demands of gov't on limited resources

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