The+West

**Using Scribble Maps outline the nations that you think are included when we discuss "The West". After embedding the map explain your rationale** media type="custom" key="9015162" When I thought of the "West" I thought it meant a number of countries in the world with the same ideologies. They shared a common belief. These countries included the U.S, Canada, Britain, Italy, France, Spain, Australia, and other parts of Europe. These democratic world powers were the "West". Notes: **pg. 673- 678**
 * THE West**
 * Cubist Movement
 * led by Pablo Picasso, artistic movement
 * Modern design in the arts gained ground, theories of phyics were groundbreaking advancements.
 * Middle Class women gained new rights in popular culture,going to nightclubs.
 * Agricultural and coal mining did not recover prosperity, British economy remained sluggish.
 * Western countries faced political extremism.
 * Western Europe did not reign export markets that were tooken over by the U.S. and Japan.

MI: As the U.S. was gaining a greater role worldwide their economy was booming, corporations were expanding and there was new available research and expanded voting fights to adult males.
 * U.S. economy boomed, corporations expanded and innovated which added research and development operations, organization systems changed.
 * Dominions had solid export gain and growth from the population of immigration gains that they recieved.
 * Agricultural import improved in Japan with the fertilizers and the mechanical equipment that was used.
 * Japan depended on cheap exports from the West, needed fuel and raw materials from foriegn countries.
 * Expanded voting rights, growing of comunism in Japan.
 * "Red Scarce" brought fear of communism, U.S. rejected the Treaty of Versailles.

Main Idea: When Benito Mussolini took over he wanted to get rid of capitalism and replace it with a new national unity among the people but there were political divisions and labor unrest along with new governments forming which allowed him not to do what he wanted to do.
 * Benito Mussolini-
 * formed the union for struggle in Italy, wanted to replace capitalism and socialsim with a new national unity among the people.
 * Fascim- new ideas from the intellectuals, regarding authoritarian leaderships and devotion to nationalist calues over capitalist and social class struggles.
 * Growing political divisions that threatened the working class, formed a new government.
 * Labor unrest increased, Veterans felt abandoned by the people and wanted to take action because of this.
 * Mussolini eliminated most of the opposition, suspended elections and wanted state direction of the economy about military conquest.

Main Idea: The Baltic states relied heavily on Western manufacturing goods and raw materials, but as tension rose in the colony they became weaker diplomatically and economically, authoritarianism arrived and a new monarch seized power.
 * Baltic states had a bunch of nationalist excitement about independence but also had a lot of grievances about the territories that they lost.
 * Tension rose which weakened them diplomatically and economically, authoritarianism arrived and a new monarch seized power.
 * Heavily dependent on sales to Western Europe.
 * Wanted to repress the peasant movements which brough poverty, illiteracy and problems to the estates.
 * Democracies in Italy and central Europe formed while Japanese politics became less and less stable.
 * U.S. tried to isolate themselves from the world politics.
 * 1920s the economy of Western Europe was challenged by the greater vigor of the U.S. and Japan.

Notes 690 - 695 Main Idea: During the Great Depression there was worldwide collapse that brrought politcal and economic pressure on everybody, fear of massive postwartime inflation and food production had soared in response to wartime needs, farmers were unable to ssustain high demand for manufactured goods.
 * Great Depression- resulted from new provlems in the industrail economy of Europe and the United States.
 * Worldwide collapse that brrought politcal and economic pressure on everybody.
 * Fear of massive postwartime inflation.
 * Food production had soared in response to wartime needs, farmers were unable to ssustain high demand for manufactured goods.
 * Western nations were concerned with repayment of debts and tariff bariers, reduction of market opportunities.
 * Economies were unable to buy industrial exports which weakened the deamnd for Western products.
 * Production frequently exceeded demand.
 * Export revenue was drove up on sugar, coffee and rubber.

Main Idea: The Great Depression led to severe economic and political collapse there were reduced hours, reduced jobs and reduced pay that brough much suffering, loss of earnings, loss of work, mothers sometimes found low wage jobs in the community.
 * Investment was receding industrial production, dropped by as much as one third.
 * Unemployed and underpaid workers could not buy goods whose production might give workers other jobs.
 * Reduced hours, reduced jobs and reduced pay that brough much suffering.
 * Loss of earnings, loss of work, mothers sometimes found low wage jobs in the community.
 * Agony and personal depression led to renewed recession as late as 1939.
 * The Depression led to even more extreme events than what the war brought on.
 * Market production fell and investments dwindled.
 * Unemployment led to a major poltical problem.
 * Poor harvests, the west dealth with the most severe effects of the Great Depression more than anybody else did.

Main Idea: Under President Hoover, the New Deal was established to create a direct aid system to Americans at risk, this restored the confidence of most Americans in their political system and avoided extreme political movements.
 * Under President Hoover the New Deal was created in hopes to offer more direct aid to Americans at risk, through increased unemployment and benefits.
 * People were given jobs on public works projects.
 * Social security system is a system to provide protection in unemployment and in old age.
 * Massive Expansion of military operations in WW2.
 * Restored the confidence of most Americans in their political system and avoided extreme political movements.
 * U.S. wanted to speed up war debt repayments from Europe which also made matters worse internationally.

Main Idea: Hitler wanted to create a land empire that would extend acoss Europe to the East and he also played a roll in Anti-Semitism which he had could allow him to distract much of the population from the problems that he was facing.
 * People attacked the weaknesses of the parliamentary and the corruption and the class conflict of Western capitalism.
 * Totalitarian state- new kind of government that would excercise massive, direct control over all oppostion parties.
 * Gestapo- arrested many people, trade unions were replaced by government bodies that offered low waging job opportunites.
 * Hitler said the state should provide guidance, purged the bureaucracy and military while installing Nazis in many posts.
 * Hitler focused everything around propaganda, nationaloism and an attack on Germany's Jewish minority.
 * The Jews were forced to wear emblems and they often had their property attacked or seized, many were sent to concentration camps.
 * Wanted to create a land empire that would extend acoss Europe to the East.
 * Hitler played a role in Anti-Semitism which he had could allow him to distract much of the population from the problems that he was facing.

Main Idea: As the Spanish Civil War started, there were internal disagreements about foreign policy and in 1935 Mussolini attacked Ethiopia, Italians won their colony which destablished their element in world politics.
 * Facist movements came about in Hungary and Romania, Nazi apparatus spread the party and state.
 * Promised an aggressive foreign policy and new nationalist glories.
 * 1935 Mussolini attacked Ethiopia, Italians won their colony which destablished their element in world politics.
 * This led to the Spanish Civil War- Spanish forces led by Francisco Franco, communist groups won support from the U.S, Western Europe and the Soviet Union.
 * Much internal disagreements about foreign policy.
 * 1920-1930s a middle class emerged and gained power.

Many great European nations lost their hold on their colonies around the world. The era of European dominance in the world was radically reduced as European superpowers such as France and Britain suffered both politically and economically as they realized that the struggle to maintain these colonies were far too great. Nationalist movements and European influence were resisted in Africa and the Middle East, and while Colonial Overlords tried to keep their strong ties with Africa (Algeria) war became a possibility. In the end Europe lost their colonies and granted them allindependence, one way or another.
 * Read chapter 31p.732 - 750**
 * **What were the major effects of decolonization post WWII on Europe?**


 * How did the Cold War divide Europe? What were the implications of this division?


 * Why did European governments move towards Liberal Democracies?
 * What was the welfare state? Why did they develop? what were the issues?
 * Trace growing diplomatic relationships within Europe
 * Outline economic development in Europe
 * Outline the post war development of the non-European West (Excluding the United States)
 * Explain the growing role of the United States in world affairs
 * Trace developments for women in the post war West
 * Outline cultural developments in Europe.