Transcript The Inter-War Years - Irving`s World History Wiki

The East Between the Wars
 BIG
Idea: After WWI, many colonies
sought independence from imperial
Europe.
By Sam Irving
What do the colors represent?
What was this area called during the ancient Roman era?
Conflict in Palestine
 Ruled
by Britain after WWI.
 Jews, facing anti-Semitism in
Europe, were promised a
homeland.

Biblical connections to Jerusalem.
 Arabs,
the vast majority, were
promised independence for their
help in WWI.
Militarism in Japan
 Industrial

growth led to imperialism.
Needed raw materials from abroad.
 During
the Great Depression, many
supported strong military leaders.

Army invaded Manchuria (Northeast China)
without gov. approval.
 Anti-Western

sentiment
Causes
• 1924 U.S. banned Japanese immigration
• Racism at the Treaty of Versailles
• West refused to recognized Japanese
interests in China
India’s Struggle for Independence
 Despite
promising post-WWI self-rule
for India, Britain maintained
repressive rule.


Amritsar Massacre: 400 unarmed Indians
murdered by British troops.
Hindu/Muslim mistrust hindered a united
independence movement.
Mohandas Gandhi
 Indian
Nationalist Leader
 Pacifist: opposed to
violence
 Civil disobedience:
refusal to obey unjust
laws.
 Satyagraha:
“Truth-force” nonviolent
protest.

Boycotted British cloth & salt tax.
Assignment: Gandhi on Nonviolent Protest
 ELT:
Tracing the history of how
principal world religions and belief
systems developed and spread.
 Let’s read what Gandhi has to say on
Nonviolent Protest.
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Primary Source Reading and Questions.
Works Cited
Farah, Mounir A., and Andrea B. Karls. World History The Human
Experience. New York: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 1999. 796-809. Print.
Fenzel, John. Civil Disobedience. 2008. Private collection. Web. 4 Apr.
2010.
<http://johnfenzel.typepad.com/john_fenzels_blog/2008/01/civildisobedie.html>.
Gandhi's Salt March. 1930. Private collection. Web. 4 Apr. 2010.
<http://ambassadors.net/archives/issue21/photos.htm>.
Gandhi Weaving. Private collection. Web. 4 Apr. 2010.
<http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/images_7/gandhiji.jp
g>.
McKenna, Keith. Peace Sign. DesignMeNow.com. Web. 4 Apr. 2010.
<http://www.lookallaroundyou.com/object_photos.htm>.
Palestine. Map. Palestine and Israel. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Apr. 2010.
<http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/for/israel.html>.
The Middle East in 1920. Private collection. Web. 4 Apr. 2010.
<http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/oren/INR4204Middleeast.html>.