HIS242H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nazi Party, 1917 French Army Mutinies, Article 231 Of The Treaty Of Versailles
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Only small local wars (crimean, greek, german & italian unification) Great powers and alliances: triple entente: gb, france, russian empire, triple alliance: german, austro-hungarian, italy, ottoman empire is neutral later decay. While population increases, many leave for usa and new life most become farmers. All land empires collapse by end of wwi. By 19th century liberalism is dominant mindset. Optimistic belief in the power of human reason to understand the world. Economics are laisse-faire capitalism (free and self-regulating market) Society and culture belief in education and public sphere. Politics relies on citizens interacting as groups. Economic independence makes prolonged war impossible militarism obsolete. Dissatisfied w/world challengers are: democrats, socialists, right-wing populists, feminists, anarchists. Want to end capitalism and exploitation of workers, create planned economies. Ongoing debates include class struggle, revolution, evolutionary socialism. Motivate by ethnic rivalry and hostility (usually anti-semitic) 1st wave equal political, legal, and civil rights. Socialist feminism = problems of working-class women.
