ch 21

Before even reading, I think this chapter will be interesting because it is about the first world war. The times are becoming more recent which make it more interesting to me. The triple alliance and the triple entente were created which shifted the balance of power in Europe and war broke out in 1914. Factors that contributed to the outbreak of war was nationalism, militarism, and the colonial empires. The maps was pretty cool to see the distribution of power at the time and the two alliances that formed to start this war. There were many casualties and trench warfare left it messy. The women were actually allowed to go out into the work force and got more rights, such as the right to vote, because all of the men going to war, so i guess that was a positive thing. After the world war, the economy hit hard with the great depression and it makes me think of our community right now. The depression hit in 1929 when the stock market crashed. Iv always been curious about the stock market, i dont really understand how it works. The American economy began to boom a few years later. What can we do now to get our economy back up? On the other hand, italy, germany, and japan created an alliance and made the axis pact. In europe facsism evolved firt in italy and appealed to many people who were dissatisfied. When i got to the section of the nazis, my heart sank. It is unbelievable what hitler did to all those innocent jewish people. I learned a lot about it in a few other classes and in just blows my mind how that could happen. Same like whats going on in sudan. it all makes me sick to my stomach.