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The 20th century

Beginning of World War I

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Empires before World War I
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German and Italian Empires in 1914
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Alliances leading to World War I
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Language and religion of the former Yugoslavia
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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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The Great War begins
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Other fronts of World War I

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Serbian and Macedonian fronts
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Serbian losses in World War I
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Italy backs out of Triple Alliance
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Italian front in World War I
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Japan in World War I
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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
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Comparing the Eastern and Western fronts in WWI
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World War I Eastern front
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Battles of Verdun, Somme and the Hindenburg Line
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Closing stages of World War I
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Technology in World War I
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Blockades and American entry

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Blockades, u-boats and sinking of the Lusitania
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Zimmermann Telegram
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United States enters World War I
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Wilson's war message to Congress -- April 2, 1917
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1917 speech by Senator George Norris in opposition to American entry
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World War I shapes the Middle East

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Theodor Herzl and the birth of political Zionism
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Sinai, Palestine and Mesopotamia campaigns
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Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration
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Arabia after World War I
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Aftermath of World War I

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Deaths in World War I
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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
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Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles
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More detail on the Treaty of Versailles and Germany
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Arabia after World War I
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Rise of Hitler and the Nazis

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Initial rise of Hitler and the Nazis
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Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
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Hitler and the Nazis come to power
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Night of the Long Knives
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Nazi aggression and appeasement
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Rise of Mussolini and Fascism

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Fascism and Mussolini
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Mussolini becomes Prime Minister
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Mussolini becomes absolute dictator (Il Duce)
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Mussolini aligns with Hitler
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Overview of Chinese history 1911-1949

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Overview of Chinese history 1911 - 1949
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Overview of World War II

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Beginning of World War II
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1940 - Axis gains momentum in World War II
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1941 Axis momentum accelerates in WW2
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World War II in the Pacific in 1942
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1942 Tide turning in World War II in Europe
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1943 Axis losing in Europe
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American progress in the Pacific in 1944
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1944 - Allies advance further in Europe
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1945 - End of World War II
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The Cold War

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Communism
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Korean War overview
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Vietnam War
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Allende and Pinochet in Chile
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Pattern of US Cold War interventions
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Human rights

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The Holocaust
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International Human Rights
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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.