Social Studies - Modern World History

Unit 1

• Influences on the development of western political thought
• Glorious Revolution of England
• American Revolution
• French Revolution
• Influences of the revolutions of 1688-1799 on government and individual liberty
• The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the United States
• Emergence of Romanticism
• Global changes brought about by European imperialism
• Causes and course of World War I

Unit 2

• Effects of World War I
• Russian Revolution
• Totalitarian governments after World War I
• German, Italian, and Japanese drives for empire in the 1930s
• United States isolationism prior to World War II
• Rise of the Nazi party in Germany
• The Holocaust
• Causes and course of World War II
• Consequences of World War II

Unit 3

• International developments after World War II
• Causes, course, and effects of the Cold War
• The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
• The Chinese Civil War and upheavals in China
• Nationalism in the Middle East
• Establishment of Israel
• Collapse of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War
• Work of the UN, SEATO, NATO, and the OAS
• Globalization and the spread of capitalism

Unit 4

• Effects of information, technological, and communications revolutions
• Connectedness and cooperation of countries in the world economy
• Current conflicts in the modern world
• Global issues in the modern world
• Features of increasing globalization
• Revival and maintenance of traditional cultures in the face of globalization
• Purpose, roles, and work of some key international organizations
• Examples of global interdependence and cooperation
• Patriotism and Citizenship