Intro to Part 6 & Chapter 21.

The 20th century marked the beginning of crisis in the modern world! Political crisis through WWI & WWII, and Vietnam and Cold Wars. Economically the world went through what we call the Great Depression and faced mass genocide through the Holocaust. Nuclear threat also came about as a huge deal this new 20th century. The causes of this First world war were things such as system of alliances, presence of empires and new industries. Things began to escalate because of the new developments in technology and weaponry. We talked about what total war is, which is when war includes everyone, even civilians. This is when you know things are going to be bad. World War I faces off between Germany, Austria, and Italy vs. Russia, France, and Britain. Dun dun dun!!!