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Resistance to Globalization After 1900

Driving Question: What factors have influenced resistance to globalization, and how have these movements shaped the modern world?

The acceleration of change and the intensification of global connections have created new tensions. A variety of social movements and international institutions seek to reform the systems of globalization and chart a course into the future. Other groups seek to upend the status quo. As these visions for the future collide, the result has often been conflict.

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the various responses to increasing globalization from 1900 to present.
  2. Use the historical thinking practice of claim testing to evaluate globalization.

Vocab Terms:

  • economic liberalization
  • epidemic
  • gross domestic product (GDP)
  • humanitarian
  • liberalize
  • pesticide
STEP 1

Opener: Resistance to Globalization After 1900

Coming soon!

STEP 2

WTO Resistance

You’ve explored the upsides and downsides of globalization throughout this unit, now learn how a protest against the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999 came to illustrated this tension.

STEP 3

Source Collection: Resistance to Global Institutions

There are and have long been a variety of responses to globalization. These excerpts help us understand those responses by taking us to the source. We recommend you use the Quick-Sourcing Tool to complete this exercise.

STEP 4

Closer: Resistance to Globalization After 1900

In this final SAQ Practice activity, rather than answering the questions, you’ll take on the role of an AP grader. Thinking about what your graders will be looking for will prepare you to ACE this exam.