History 12 Class notes - by subject

 

Unit 1: The World of 1919

Nationalism

Imperialism

World War I

Paris Peace Treaty/Treay of Versailles

League of Nations

Russian Revolution

 

Unit 2: Promise and Collapse 1919-1933

Reds vs. Whites - Russian Civil War

Joseph Stalin and the Modernization of Russia

 

The USA in the 1920s

The Great Depression

Roosevelt's New Deal

 

Fascism in Italy

 

Unit 3: Turmoil and Tragedy 1933-1945

Why did the Weimar Republic Fail?

Rise of Hitler - German Fascism

Hitler in Power

Steps in the Establishment of the Nazi Dictatorship

 

Unit 4: Transformation and Tension - The Cold War - 1945-1963

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Kennedy Assassination

USA Civil Rights

South Africa and Apartheid

 

Unit 5: Progress and Uncertainty - 1945-1991

The Indo-China War - 1945-53

The Vietnam War

India - Colony to Independance

The Middle East 1948-1991

Afghanistan and the USSR

China after WWII

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

Tears in the Iron Curtain

Poland 1968 - 1989

The Fall of Communism / The USSR

 

Unit 6: Global Trends Since 1945