The 20th century

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Beginning of World War I
Other fronts of World War I
Western and Eastern fronts of World War I
Quiz 1
5 questions
Blockades and American entry
World War I shapes the Middle East
Aftermath of World War I
Quiz 2
5 questions
World War I Quiz
Rise of Hitler and the Nazis
Rise of Mussolini and Fascism
Overview of Chinese history 1911-1949
Overview of World War II
The Cold War
Human rights
Unit test
10 questions
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Beginning of World War IOther fronts of World War IWestern and Eastern fronts of World War IQuiz 1Blockades and American entryWorld War I shapes the Middle EastAftermath of World War IQuiz 2World War I QuizRise of Hitler and the NazisRise of Mussolini and FascismOverview of Chinese history 1911-1949Overview of World War IIThe Cold WarHuman rightsUnit test
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Beginning of World War I
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Empires before World War I
German and Italian Empires in 1914
Alliances leading to World War I
Language and religion of the former Yugoslavia
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The Great War begins
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Causes of World War I
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Other fronts of World War I
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Serbian and Macedonian fronts
Serbian losses in World War I
Italy backs out of Triple Alliance
Italian front in World War I
Japan in World War I
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Secondary fronts of WWI
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Western and Eastern fronts of World War I
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Schlieffen Plan and the First Battle of the Marne
Comparing the Eastern and Western fronts in WWI
World War I Eastern front
Battles of Verdun, Somme and the Hindenburg Line
Closing stages of World War I
Technology in World War I
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Eastern and Western fronts of World War I
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Beginning of World War I
Other fronts of World War I
Western and Eastern fronts of World War I
Blockades and American entry
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Blockades, u-boats and sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmermann Telegram
United States enters World War I
Wilson's war message to Congress -- April 2, 1917
1917 speech by Senator George Norris in opposition to American entry
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WWI Blockades and America
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World War I shapes the Middle East
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Theodor Herzl and the birth of political Zionism
Sinai, Palestine and Mesopotamia campaigns
Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration
Arabia after World War I
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The Middle East during and after WWI
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Aftermath of World War I
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Deaths in World War I
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles
More detail on the Treaty of Versailles and Germany
Arabia after World War I
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WWI Aftermath
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Blockades and American entry
World War I shapes the Middle East
Aftermath of World War I
World War I Quiz
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World War I
7 questions
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Rise of Hitler and the Nazis
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Initial rise of Hitler and the Nazis
Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
Hitler and the Nazis come to power
Night of the Long Knives
Nazi aggression and appeasement
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Rise of Hitler
7 questions
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Rise of Mussolini and Fascism
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Fascism and Mussolini
Mussolini becomes Prime Minister
Mussolini becomes absolute dictator (Il Duce)
Mussolini aligns with Hitler
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Fascism and Mussolini
7 questions
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Overview of Chinese history 1911-1949
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Overview of Chinese history 1911 - 1949
Overview of World War II
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Beginning of World War II
1940 - Axis gains momentum in World War II
1941 Axis momentum accelerates in WW2
World War II in the Pacific in 1942
1942 Tide turning in World War II in Europe
1943 Axis losing in Europe
American progress in the Pacific in 1944
1944 - Allies advance further in Europe
1945 - End of World War II
The Cold War
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Communism
Korean War overview
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Allende and Pinochet in Chile
Pattern of US Cold War interventions
Human rights
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The Holocaust
International Human Rights
Independence movements in the 20th Century
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About this unit
You cannot properly understand current world events without understanding the history of the 20th Century. This topic takes us on a journey from the end of Imperialism through two world wars and the Cold War and brings us to our modern world.