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ISTITUTO “S.GIULIANA FALCONIERI”
PROGRAMMAZIONE DI STORIA VEICOLARE
ANNO SCOLASTICO 2016- 20167
Prof.ssa Marina de Leva
V LICEO LINGUISTICO EUROPEO
Contenuti :
National Unification and the National State:
Italian unification and the situation in Italy until W.W.I, the German unification,
Great Britain, France, the Austrian Empire, Russia. Nationalism in the United States.
The growth of industrial prosperity the second Industrial Revolution
The Age of Imperialism (1875-1914)
The new imperialism, colonial takeover in southeast Asia; G.Britain, France,
Thailand the exception, the United States, direct and indirect rule.
Empire building in Africa: west Africa, north Africa, central Africa, east Africa,
south Africa.
British rule in India; the Sepoys mutinity, costs of British rule, the Indian nationalist
Movement.
Nation building in Latin America, the Monroe doctrine, difficulties in Nation
building, the caudillos, political change in Latin America, the U.S.A. in Latin
America,
The decline of Qing dynasty: the Opium war, the Tai Ping rebellion, opening the door
to China, the Boxer rebellion.
The revolution in China: the fall of the Qing, - Imperialism threatened China.
Japan built a modern nation; industrialization trasformed Japan, Japanese
imperialism.
Imperialism reached Western Hemisphere; Britain and United States invested bilions
of dollars in Latin America, Cuba strategic importance, the war between Spain and
the Unites States.
The turn of the century (1865-1914)
Inventions changed ways of life. Women sought rights and freedom. Europe faced
rising tensions.
World War I (1914-1918)
Conflict divided Europe, Bismark shaped European alliances, the Triple Alliance and
the Triple Entente, the Balkan question, Austria-Hungary made the first move,
Germany army invaded France, The United States entered the war, Wilson proposed
a plan for peace, the Treaty of Versailles, the allies dictated peace terms.
Russian in Revolution
Russia struggle to reform: the revolt of december (1825), Nicholas I, Alexander II,
Alexander III, Nicholas II.
Russia moved to revolution; the rivolutionaries were divided, the mistakes of the
czar, World War I ended Romanov rule, the czarina and Rasputin’s influence.
The Bolsheviks led a second revolution, Lenin took control, the civil war divided
Russia, Lenin restored order, two men struggled to succeded Lenin; Trotsky and
Stalin.
Stalin become dictator; the industrial revolution (1928) and the agricolture revolution,
the U.S.S.R. become a totalitarian state.
Shifts in the World Power
Indians organized foe independence: Ghandi.
Nationalism in the Middle East: the republic of Turky, Iran, the question of Palestina.
Latin America faced difficult changes; the caudillos, F.D.Roosvelt and the Neighbor
Policy.
China overthrew its emperor; the nationalists and Chiang Kai-shek, the communists
and Mao Tse- tung, the civil war.
World War II
attacked G.Britain – America aided the allies – Hitler invaded The Soviet Union. Germany invaded Poland – France fell to the Nazis – Germany- Japan threatened
American interests in Asia – Pearl Harbour –The five-day Battle of the Coral sea The Battle of Midway.
Allied forces trapped the Desert Fox – The Battle of El Alamein. Soviet forces took
the offensive. The invasion of Sicily. The allies invaded France – the German Reich
collapse The final horror ended the Pacific.
Europe in the Cold War Era
Two superpowers arose after World War II
The war left Europe divided
Paola Castagnetti: “ Il Presente come Storia” Clio;
Il Fascismo - Il Nazismo - Lo stalinismo - L’antisemitismo - La Guerra Fredda
L apartheid - Amnesty International - Colonialismo e imperialismo - La resistenza
italiana-Scoppio delle bombe atomiche.