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Unit 7 Overview: Global Conflict (10:15)

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.

Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. 00:55 What does total war mean?
  2. 02:30 Who was Jeanette Rankin?
  3. 04:35 What was “the war to end all wars” and how quickly was this proven wrong?
  4. 06:30 How did industrial imperialism lead to global conflict?
  5. 07:00 What made the world wars “total wars”?
  6. 07:44 How did nations attempt to prevent another global conflict, both during the interwar period after the First World War and after the Second World War?
  7. 09:24 Why did Jeanette Rankin vote against US entry into the Second World War?