The Modern World
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The Modern World Dylan Johnson Michael Sanchez
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The Modern World. Dylan J ohnson Michael Sanchez . A Way Of Life . The Modern World began at the start of the 20 th century and is still present to this day. Early 1900’s economy was stable. People worked for a living. Ruled by a dictator ship. Owned multiple territories. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Modern WorldDylan JohnsonMichael Sanchez
A Way Of Life • The Modern World began at the start of the 20th century and is still
present to this day.
• Early 1900’s economy was stable.
• People worked for a living.
• Ruled by a dictator ship.
• Owned multiple territories.
• World War 1 and 2 greatly effects on a international level.
• Still on Social Darwinism, and was in a depression during the 1930’s known as The Great Slump.
World War 1&2 • 1910: South Africa obtains independence from Britain. Union of
South Africa formed segregation governing rule.• 1914: World War 1 starts after the assassination of Austrian
Archduke Francis Ferdinand.• 1918: The war ends with economic devastation on all sides.• The war cost 750,000 lives and billions of dollars which
plummeted Great Britain into a depression.• United State’s stock market crashes causing a world wide
depression.• Britain is pulled into the World War 2 in 1939 after Hitler invades
Poland.• Germany surrenders in 1945. USA drops the atomic bombs on
Japan.
Famous Literature & Art• Matisse & Les Fauves 2 artist in
the early Modern World.• Karl Marx wrote “Das
Kapital.”• Virginia Woolf developed a
technique called “Stream of Consciousness.”
• Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle.”
