Key Concept 6.2
European Dominance with regards to global dominance.
-Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires collapsed.
Military defeat, Economic hardship, Political isolation, and behind in tech..
Independence gained through Peaceful movements:
Colonies that gained Independence from War efforts and violent acts
Key Figures that led/ Influenced Independence
There were many Movements that challenged Imperialism.
Some include Muhammad Ali Jinnah, The Quebecois, and The Biafra movement
Influences
Communism
Pan- Arabism - Basically arab nationalism.
Pan- Africanism
-Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires collapsed.
Military defeat, Economic hardship, Political isolation, and behind in tech..
Independence gained through Peaceful movements:
- India from Brit
- The Gold Coast from the British Empire
Colonies that gained Independence from War efforts and violent acts
- Algeria and Vietnam from the French Empire
- Angola from the portuguese.
Key Figures that led/ Influenced Independence
- Gandhi (India)
- Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam)
- Kwame Nkrumah ( Ghana/ Golden Coast)
There were many Movements that challenged Imperialism.
Some include Muhammad Ali Jinnah, The Quebecois, and The Biafra movement
Influences
Communism
Pan- Arabism - Basically arab nationalism.
Pan- Africanism
-the believe to rise and appreciate african progress in politics, education and all parts of the economy/ world)
New boundaries and separations after Independence due to problems.
Some Empires still remain to have economic ties such as the U.S and Filipinos are still culturally and economically connected.
This time period is also SIGNIFICANTLY marked by war.
WWI
WWII
First total world wars.
First Filled with European imperialism and powers in Japan.
Sources of global conflict:
The Economic crisis began that resulted after the world war spurred a Great Depression.
After world war 2 the Cold war spurred from Cold war, between two of the Greatest Superpowers soviet Russia and Capitalist America.
New alliances were formed such as NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
Finally the end of the Cold war conceptually ended the soviet Union.
Groups and individuals who did not like the Idea of war such as MArtin Luther king and Gandhi influenced many people and times of change, Picasso and his Guernica.
Important leaders who challenged standard econ.
Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong.
Nelson Mandela- anti apartheid.
Some groups even responded negatively and in a violent way.
There you see the formation of the Al Qaeda, ETA,IRA.
At one point Chile, Spain, And Uganda each promoted military Dictatorship.
Pop culture influences
New boundaries and separations after Independence due to problems.
- India vs Pakistan
- Jewish Movement to Palestine
- Middle East Division
Some Empires still remain to have economic ties such as the U.S and Filipinos are still culturally and economically connected.
This time period is also SIGNIFICANTLY marked by war.
WWI
WWII
First total world wars.
First Filled with European imperialism and powers in Japan.
Sources of global conflict:
- Resource competition
- Ethnic rivalry
- Great Brit. vs Germany
- Nationalist Ideologies .
The Economic crisis began that resulted after the world war spurred a Great Depression.
After world war 2 the Cold war spurred from Cold war, between two of the Greatest Superpowers soviet Russia and Capitalist America.
New alliances were formed such as NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
- Warsaw- Between the Central and Eastern Europe and they had an alliance as the communist states.
- NATO- North Atlantic treaty-- like Warsaw but vice versa.
Finally the end of the Cold war conceptually ended the soviet Union.
Groups and individuals who did not like the Idea of war such as MArtin Luther king and Gandhi influenced many people and times of change, Picasso and his Guernica.
Important leaders who challenged standard econ.
Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong.
Nelson Mandela- anti apartheid.
Some groups even responded negatively and in a violent way.
There you see the formation of the Al Qaeda, ETA,IRA.
At one point Chile, Spain, And Uganda each promoted military Dictatorship.
Pop culture influences
- James Bond
- Video Games
- Comics.
Africa with a closed fist. Digital image. Freddy Will's Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://blog.freddywill.com/2014/07/the-pan-african-motility-in-hip-hops-creed-pt-1/>.
"ABC - We're Always Buying Comics." Austin Books. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.austinbooks.com/>.
James Bond. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://supersmashbros.wikia.com/wiki/File:James_Bond.jpg>.
"Pan-Arabism." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.
"Pan–Africanism." Pan-Africanism. African Age, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.
"ABC - We're Always Buying Comics." Austin Books. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.austinbooks.com/>.
James Bond. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://supersmashbros.wikia.com/wiki/File:James_Bond.jpg>.
"Pan-Arabism." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.
"Pan–Africanism." Pan-Africanism. African Age, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.