 |  A History of the Modern World, 9/e R R Palmer,
Yale University
Joel Colton,
Duke University
Lloyd Kramer,
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
The Apparent Victory of Democracy
Internet Exercises
British women get the vote
Or did they?
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(http://humanities.uwe.ac.uk/corehistorians/women/summerfi/summcore.htm#Vote)
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German unions
Use the statistical information to evaluate the text's contention about the growth of European trade unions in the post-World War I era.
| Link 1
(http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografie...
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Weimar Constitution, 1919
Analyze the constitution of the Weimar Republic to ascertain the shape of democracy in the new states of the postwar era.
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(http://www.stabi.hs-bremerhaven.de/mondwurf/englisch/primaer/weimar/weimar_vv.htm)
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Model League of Nations
Imagine yourself a student in the 1920s. Discuss how the League worked.
| Link 1
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/leagcov.htm)
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(http://www.library.miami.edu/gov/League.html)
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Filipinos ask for independence
Discuss the nature of the early Philippines? independence movement.
| Link 1
(http://www.boondocksnet.com/vof/pim221218.html)
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Economic Consequences of Versailles
Why did J. M. Keynes believe the Treaty of Versailles would have a negative impact?
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(http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1920keynes.html)
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When did Europeans begin losing control in Asia?
How might Orwell's experience in Burma reflect problems facing European empires in the 20th century?
| Link 1
(http://englishwww.humnet.ucla.edu/Individuals/turbo4/orwell_text.html)
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Americans remember the Great Depression
Use some of these texts to understand how average people experienced the Great Depression.
| Link 1
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html)
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