Revolution and Nationalism

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Revolution and Nationalism

• 1900-1939

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Main Ideas

• Widespread social unrest troubled China and
  Russia during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
  Eventually revolutions erupted.
• New nations appeared during the 1920s and 1930s
  in the former Ottoman Empire. These nations
  adopted a variety of government styles- from
  republic to monarchy.
• Nationalist movements in SW Asia, India, and
  China successfully challenged the British,
  Ottoman, and Chinese

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• Political power grows out of the barrel of a
  gun.
• Mao Zedong
• Communist leader
• Believed that revolution would solve Chinas
  problems

• Victory attained by violence is tantamount to
  defeat, for it is momentary.
• Mohandas Gandhi
• Leader of the independence movement to free India
  from British rule

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Directions

• Read the information on page 432.
• Answer the questions on page 432 on a separate
  sheet of paper.
• Make sure your name is on the paper.

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• Who do you follow?