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Contents
- 1 Understanding the Modern World
- 2 Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
- 2.1 Germany and the Growth of Democracy
- 2.2 WWI
- 2.3 Weimar Democracy
- 2.4 Germany and the Depression
- 2.5 The Failure of Weimar Democracy
- 2.6 Establishing Hitler’s Dictatorship
- 2.7 The Experiences of Germans under the Nazis
- 2.8 The Impact of War on the German People
- 2.9 Social Policy under the Nazis
- 2.10 Opposition to the Nazis
- 3 Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and Communism
- 4 America,1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality
Understanding the Modern World
America, 1840-1895: Expansion and Consolidation
Expansion: Opportunities and Challenges
North America
Going West
Plains Indians
- Culture and Way of Life
- Early Government Policy
- Permanent Indian Frontier
- Relationship with the Plains Indians
Conflict across America
Conflict on the Plains
American Civil War
- Differences between North and South
- Slavery
- Westwards Expansion
- Free States Abolitionism
- Missouri Compromise
- John Brown
- Abraham Lincoln
- Jefferson Davis
- Social impact of the Civil War
- Economic impact of the Civil War
Aftermath of the Civil War
- 13th Amendment
- Civil Rights Act
- Rebuilding the South
- 1866-1877
- Carpetbaggers
- Federal and State Powers
Settlement of the West
The Resolution of the ‘Indian Problem’
- The Small Reservations Policy
- Attitudes towards Native Americans
- Battle of the Little Big Horn
- The Dawes Act
- Battle of Wounded Knee
- The Closing of the Frontier
Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
Germany and the Growth of Democracy
Ruling Germany
- Germany
- Kaiser Wilhelm
- Difficulties in Ruling Germany
- Rise of Parliamentary Government
- Influence of Prussian Militarism
- Industrialisation in Germany
- Social Reform
- Navy Laws
WWI
- War Weariness
- Economic Problems caused by WWI
- Defeat in WWI
- The End of German Monarchy
- The Crisis of 1923
Weimar Democracy
- Political Change and Unrest in Germany, 1919-1923
- Economic Recovery and Developments under Stresemann
- Gustav Stresemann
- Weimar Culture
Germany and the Depression
- Great Depression
- Adolf Hitler
- National Socialism
- Rise of Extremism in Germany
- Hitler’s Appeal to the Masses
The Failure of Weimar Democracy
Establishing Hitler’s Dictatorship
- Reichstag Fire
- Enabling Act
- Elimination of Political Opposition
- Trade Unions in Germany
- Ernst Rohm
- Night of the Long Knives
- Führer
The Experiences of Germans under the Nazis
Economic Changes under the Nazis
- Economic Benefits
- Economic Drawbacks
- Employment under the Nazis
- Rearmament
- Self-Sufficiency
- Economy during the War
The Impact of War on the German People
Social Policy under the Nazis
- Joseph Goebbels
- Nazi Propaganda
- Censorship under the Nazis
- Nazi Culture
- Repression and the Police State
- Heinrich Himmler
- SS
- Gestapo
Opposition to the Nazis
Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and Communism
The End of Tsardom
Russian Economy and Society
Nicholas II
Revolutionary Tensions in Russia
- Revolution
- Growth of Revolutionary Tensions
- 1905 Russian Revolution
- October Manifesto
- Attempts to reform Russia
- Dumas
- Pyotr Stolypin
WWI
- Impact of WWI on Tsarist Government
- Social Effects of WWI in Russia
- Economic Effects of WWI in Russia
- Unpopularity of the Romanovs
- Abdication of Nicholas I
Lenin’s New Society
The Provisional Government
- Communism
- Bolshevism
- Failure to deal with Russia’s problems
- Leon Trotsky
- Vladimir Lenin
- Rise of the Bolsheviks
- October Revolution
Lenin’s Dictatorship
Social and Economic Developments under Bolshevism
Stalin’s USSR
Joseph Stalin
- Lenin’s Succession
- Communist Control of Government
- Red Terror
- The Purges
- Stalin’s Army
- Stalin’s Secret Police
- Labour Camps under Stalin
- Censorship under Stalin
- Stalin’s Cult of Personality
- Propaganda under Stalin
Stalin’s Modernisation of the USSR
Impact of WWII on USSR
America,1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality
American People and ‘The Boom’
The ‘Boom’
- Stock Market
- Benefits of the ‘Boom’
- Advertising and Consumer Society in 1920s America
- Hire Purchase
- Mass Production
- Wealth Inequality
- Republican Government Policies, 1920s
- Stock Market Boom
Social and Cultural Developments in 1920s America
- Entertainment in 1920s America
- Women in 1920s American Society
- Organised Crime
- Prohibition
- Racism in 1920s America
- Immigrants in 1920s America
- Red Scare
Bust- American’s Experiences of the Depression and New Deal
American Society during the Great Depression
- Unemployment during the Great Depression
- Farming during the Great Depression
- Businessmen during the Great Depression
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- New Deal
- Republicans
- Roosevelt as President
- Pop Culture in Pre-War America
Impact of WWII
- WWII
- Impacts of WWII on America
- America’s Economic Recovery
- Lend Lease
- Exports in Post-War America
- Social Developments in Post-War America
Post-War America
Post-War American Society and Economy
- Consumerism
- Causes of Prosperity in Post-War America
- The American Dream
- McCarthyism
- Popular Culture in Post-War America
Civil Rights Movement
- Segregation Laws
- Martin Luther King
- Peaceful Protest
- Malcolm X
- Black Power Movement
- Civil Rights Act 1964
- Civil Rights Act 1968