World History II blog

Chapter 20  In the 20th century, there where many crisis and collapses of systems that were in place but were  starting to see a negative affect in society. This consisted of the Industrial revolution, democracy,  capitalism, and the economy. The events that were talked about was Wold War I and II, the Great  Depression, rise of Fascism, the Holocaust/ Genocide, Hiroshima and the creation of Nuclear  Weapons, and the cold war. With the world wars,  there was global conflict with the different  relationships snd how alliances were created making a split wether voluntarily or forced. The war had  created more industrialized weapons and created a new way of war called trench warfare. the great  depression was an event that showed how capitalism failed causing an economic crash due to the  unregulation. The rise of fascism was due to some countries needing a powerful leader to guide the  country. T...

Chapter 19: Empires in Collision  The chapter starts with China whereto Chinese emperor Qianlong that rejected Britain wanting a less restricted trading relationship in 1793.  Qianlong believed that there was no need to import the manufactures of outside barbarians. In 1912, China’s imperial state collapsed during the time Great Britain was a key player in economics and politics.  This led China to become weak and was a major change for China becoming highly civilized and then losing it all. This led China to have issues on land, small farms, unemployment, impoverishment, misery, and starvation. The western influence is now being pressed around the world. China is then involved by building the relationship with Europe leading to the Opium wars. The comparison of the Ottoman Empire and china was made being an Islamic neighbor in the geographical area of Europe. Both of these countries were not under direct colonial rule, however was destroyed while ther...

Second Wave of European Conquests and Documents  Industrial Revolution created a capitalistic culture that turned into the European second-wave of        colonial initiatives. Europeans found a beneficial way to boost their economy by foreign investments  and global imperialism. The Industrial Revolution led Europeans to believe they were superior and  the other cultures were uncivilized like animals. Social Darwinism was used to explain the Europeans  superiority.  they viewed different places a feminine being weak and incapable.  The Europeans were  still taking over socially weak areas while competing against each other making then the "Great  Power." Vietnam lifestyle was affected negatively with the violence disturbing their peace. While  others like Africa cooperated creating status, employment, wealth, and inspiration for education. this  also led to rebellions due to the same...