Download Revolution and Nationalism, 1900-1939

Revolution and Nationalism, 1900-1939
Russia
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China
Nicholas II: Last Czar
of Russia
Bloody Sunday:
Revolution of 1905
Role of Rasputin
March Revolution of
1917
Nicholas II abdicates,
Provisional Govt. led
by Kerensky
Bolshevik Revolution:
Nov. 1917
Bolsheviks led by
Lenin
Treaty of BrestLitovsk: Russia out of
WWI 1918
Civil War in Russia
b/w the Red Army
and White Army
1922 Russia becomes
part of the Union of
Soviet Socialist
Republics USSR- new
capital at Moscow:
Communist Party
Lenin died 1924
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India
Nationalist/
Kuomintang Party
Led by Sun Yixian
Overthrew the Qing
Dynasty
“Three Principles of
the People:
nationalism, people’s
rights, people’s
livelihood.”
President Yuan
Shikai: military
dictator
Civil War
China joined WWI
1917 on Allies side
May 4th Movement:
outraged at Treaty of
Versailles and Japan’s
status
Communist Party
China advised by
Lenin
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang
Kai-shek) headed
Kuomintang after
death of Sun Yixian
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Southwest Asia
Indian nationalist
organizations against
the British:
Indian National
Congress (1885) &
Muslim League
(1906)
Hindus and Muslims
united against
common foe of
British
Over 1 million
Indians fought for
Britain during WWIexpected self-govt. in
return
Amritsar Massacre:
British troops opened
fire on peaceful Hindu
and Muslim
demonstrators
Mohandas Gandhi:
“Mahatma”= Great
Soul
Civil Disobedience:
satyagraha
Boycott of British
goods, don’t pay
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TURKEY
Mustafa Kemal: led
Turkish nationalists
and overthrew the last
Ottoman sultan
New Republic of
Turkey
Secularization of
Turkish govt. and
society from Islam
IRAN
Formerly Persia which
had spheres of
influence by Britain
and Russia
Reza Shah Pahlavi:
Persian officer that
seized powermodernized countrypublic schools, roads,
industrialization.
SAUDI ARABIA
Established by Abd alAziz Ibn Saud
taxes, weave own
cloth
Russia
China
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Joseph Stalin vs. Leon
Trotsky
Stalin wanted to
transform USSR to a
totalitarian state
Command economy: a
system in which govt.
made all economic
decisions
Five-Year Plans: rapid
industrialization
Collective Farms:
govt. seized land,
families worked land
and produced food for
the state
Secret Police Force
Great Purge 1934
Propaganda,
censorship
Against religion
1984- book by George
Orwell
Women won equal
rights
India
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At first Communists
and Nationalists
worked together
Shanghai massacre of
Communists
Jiang: President of
Nationalist Republic
of China-recognized
by US
Mao Zedong: leader
of Communist Party
Many Peasants joined
Mao Zedong
Civil War between
Nationalists and
Communists
The Long March:
1934-outnumbered
the Communist forces
marched 6,000 miles
Japan invades
Manchuria: began
WWII in AsiaCommunists and
Nationalists united
against Japanese
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Salt March: Boycott
of taxed British salt,
marched to sea to get
own salt
Attack of protesters at
Salt processing center
1935: Government of
India Act: local selfgovernment
Southwest Asia
 SAUDI ARABIA
 Carried Arab and
Islamic traditions
 Modernization w/in
religious areas
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Oil Explorations in
Southwest Asia
Oil Deposits in Iran,
Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
and Kuwait: explored
by foreign companies
(European and
American)