Key Ideas

Think about the following questions as you watch the video

1. 02:00 If you were looking back on the Long Nineteenth Century from the viewpoint of someone living in 1914, what would be the positive story of this era?
2. 03:45 What are the are problems with this view, according to the video?
3. 04:45 What are some positive world stories since the First World War?
4. 04:59 What is one big problem with this positive view of the twentieth century?
5. 05:35 What data supports the idea that things are getting better?
6. 05:59 What are criticisms of this data?
7. 08:15 How did the mid-twentieth-century success of Detroit turn into economic problems in the late twentieth century?