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Industrial Revolution
and Nationalism – World at War
Chapter 15
Section 3
Industrial Revolution
A life-changing period
when goods changed from
being made by hand to
being made by machine in
factories
Industrial Revolution Changes
 Machines were invented to speed
weaving textiles
 Improved transportation systems
meant people could travel more
quickly and more cheaply
 Improved communication meant
people could keep in touch even
though separated be long distances
Negative Effects of the
Industrial Revolution
 Cities grew too quickly
 people lived in dirty conditions
 diseases spread
 Factory owners took advantage of
workers
 Wages were low
 Working conditions were poor
Positive Effects of the Industrial
Revolution
 Making and selling goods was an
important part of the economy
 Nations became more democratic
as workers were given a stronger
voice in making laws
Imperialism(Age of Imperialism late 1800s)
 The practice of taking control of foreign
territories as colonies in order to form
an empire
 Colonies provided raw materials needed for
industry
 Colonies supplied markets for European
goods
 http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/1907powr.htm
Nationalism
(cause of WWI)
Pride in one’s country
Destructive Nationalism –
can make one nation harm
another
Can lead to war
World War I
(Alliances – cause of WWI)
 Nations feared one another so
they formed alliances
 Two Great Alliances
 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and
Turkey (Central Powers)
 Great Britain, France, and Russia
(Allied Powers)
 (Roots of War: Discovery Streaming)
World War I – The Great War
 Began July 28, 1914
 Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were
assassinated
 U.S. joined in 1917 at the request of President
Woodrow Wilson
 War ended in 1918
 Results:
 Austria-Hungary was split,
 Germany lost its overseas empires and a lot of land
was taken away,
 Germany was required to pay war damages
 Treaty of Versailles
World War II
 Began Sept. 1, 1939 when Hitler
invaded Poland
 Alliances:
 Germany, Italy, and Japan (Axis
Powers)
 Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
and United States (Allied Powers)
World War II
 December 7, 1941 – attack on
Pearl Harbor (Discovery Learning)
 U.S. declared war on Japan Dec.
8, 1941 – Franklin Roosevelt
 War in Europe ended May 1945
 Hiroshima bombed August 6, 1945
 Nagasaki bombed August 9, 1945
Results
 6 million Jews were killed – Holocaust
 Germany was divided
 East Germany
 West Germany
 Map
 6 million Jews were killed – Holocaust
 Creation of Israel
 Formation of the United Nations
Communism
A form of unlimited
government in which the state
owns the farms and factories
and decides what will be grown
and produced
Started by Vladimir Lenin –
Russia’s first Communist
Leader
The Iron Curtain
An imaginary boundary
created to cut off people in
Eastern Europe and the
Soviet Union from the west
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain
 http://www.brianrose.com/lostborder.htm
The Cold War
A period of tension without
actual fighting
Began after WW II
The U.S. wanted to stop
communism from spreading
throughout the world