Transcript Notes
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