Retrospective Modern History Preliminary

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Prelims Retrospective YEAR 11 MODERN HISTORY Imprint Contents Preface Table of key concepts Weblinks About the CD-ROM Acknowledgements Chapter 01 Chapter 1 Bismarck and the unification of the German states Introduction Role of liberalism and nationalism in creating a sense of German unity Bismarckian foreign policy Wars of national unification against Austria and France The immediate consequences of German unification Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 02 Chapter 2 Yankees and Confederates in the American states in the mid nineteenth century Introduction The South and states’ rights Slavery and human rights The North and the issue of national unity Results of the Civil War Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 03 Chapter 3 The decline and fall of the Romanov dynasty Introduction Nicholas II as autocrat Political, social and economic grievances in early twentieth-century Russia The Tsar’s failure to address the problems of Russia The role of World War I in the fall of the tsarist regime Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 04 Chapter 4 The origins of the Arab–Israeli conflict 1880–1947 Introduction Zionism — its origins and aspirations Conflicting Arab and Jewish responses to the Balfour Declaration The nature of Arab and Jewish responses to the question of a Jewish homeland post-World War II The United Nations partition of Palestine Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 05 Chapter 5 Decolonisation in Indochina, 1945–1954 Introduction The impact of French imperialism on Indochina The rise of Vietnamese nationalism and ‘war’ against the French The growth of Vietnamese nationalism/communism The defeat of France Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 06 Chapter 6 Nuclear testing in the Pacific, 1950s to 1960s Introduction Geographic, ideological and political motives for the testing of nuclear weapons by western powers in the Pacific Use of the Marshall Islands by the United States for nuclear testing Use of Mururoa Atoll by France for nuclear testing Use of Australia by Britain for nuclear testing Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 07 Chapter 7 The Civil Rights Movement in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s Introduction Segregation in the USA in the 1950s Martin Luther King and the use of non-violence to achieve civil rights objectives The development of more radical methods and individuals in the 1960s Achievements of the Civil Rights Movement Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 08 Chapter 8 The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Introduction Kennedy in November 1963 Death of a president: Dallas, Texas, 22 November 1963 The impact and aftermath of the Kennedy assassination The Warren Report — evidence and conspiracy theories Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 09 Chapter 9 The historical investigation Getting started — choosing a topic Investigation underway: reading and note-making The writing process Presenting your work The finished product Chapter 10 Chapter 10 The world at the beginning of the twentieth century Introduction The nature of European society Imperialism: a world of empires Emerging forces and ideas Causes of World War I Meeting objectives and outcomes Chapter 11 Chapter 11 War on the Western Front Introduction The reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front The nature of trench warfare Life in the trenches: experiences of Allied and German soldiers Tactics and strategies to break the stalemate Change over time: Allied and German soldiers’ attitudes to the war HSC exam practice Chapter 12 Chapter 12 The home fronts in Britain and Germany Introduction Total war and its social and economic impact on civilians in Britain and Germany Recruitment, conscription, censorship and propaganda in Britain and Germany The variety of attitudes to the war and how they changed over time in Britain and Germany The impact of the war on women’s lives and experiences in Britain HSC exam practice Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Turning points Introduction Impact of the Russian withdrawal Impact of the United States’ entry into World War I General Ludendorff’s Spring Offensive The Allied response HSC exam practice Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Allied victory Introduction Events leading to the Armistice, 1918 Reasons for Allied victory and German collapse The Treaty of Versailles The roles and differing goals of the peacemakers HSC exam practice Glossary Index