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1878 Congress of Berlin 9.3 Colonial Empires
1905 Revolution 11.5 The War Ends
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A Last Word Before Incarceration 12.5 Resistance, Civil Rights, and Democracy
a military dictatorship 12.3 The Great Depression
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies 6.1 European Colonization in the Americas
absolute government 7.1 The Enlightenment
Act of Consolidation 8.2 Spanish North America
Act of Uniformity 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network 15.3 Science and Technology for Today’s World
African American soldiers 11.3 Total War
African American women 11.4 War on the Homefront
African National Congress (ANC) 14.4 Global Tensions and Decolonization
African nationalism 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies
Age of Exploration 5.2 Crossing the Atlantic
Alexandra 11.5 The War Ends
Ali ibn Abi Talib 4.3 The Safavid Empire
American Civil Liberties Union 12.1 Recovering from World War I
American Federation of Labor (AFL) 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies
American Freedom Party 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
American Identity Movement 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
American Revolutionary War 7.3 Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti
Americanization 15.1 A Global Economy
Amnesty International 15.1 A Global Economy
Anarchical Fallacies 7.1 The Enlightenment
Anglo-Egyptian War 9.3 Colonial Empires
Arab Liberation Army 14.3 The Non-Aligned Movement
Arab Revolt 11.3 Total War
Arab-Israeli war 15.1 A Global Economy
archbishop of Canterbury 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
architecture 4.3 The Safavid Empire
Armenian Genocide 11.3 Total War
Armistice of Mudros 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 15.1 A Global Economy
Askia Ishaq II 3.2 The Songhai Empire
Association of Southeast Asian Nations 15.1 A Global Economy
Atlantic Introduction
Atlantic World 5.2 Crossing the Atlantic
Autobahn system 12.3 The Great Depression
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Barbed wire 11.3 Total War
Bataan Death March 13.2 Theaters of War
Bataan Peninsula 13.2 Theaters of War
battle fatigue 11.3 Total War
Battle of Adwa 9.3 Colonial Empires
Battle of Britain 13.1 An Unstable Peace
Battle of Dien Bien Phu 14.2 The Spread of Communism
Battle of Iwo Jima 13.4 Out of the Ashes
Battle of Junín 8.3 Spanish South America
Battle of Jutland 11.3 Total War
Battle of Kursk 13.2 Theaters of War
Battle of Mactan 2.2 The Malacca Sultanate
Battle of Midway 13.2 Theaters of War
Battle of Nagashino 2.3 Exchange in East Asia
Battle of Sekigahara 2.3 Exchange in East Asia
Battle of Stalingrad 13.2 Theaters of War
Battle of the Bulge 13.4 Out of the Ashes
Battle of the Somme 11.3 Total War
Battle of Tumu 2.3 Exchange in East Asia
Battle of Verdun 11.3 Total War
Battle on the Plains of Abraham 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
Bechtel Corporation 15.1 A Global Economy
Bergen-Belsen 13.4 Out of the Ashes
Berlin Airlift 14.1 The Cold War Begins
Berlin Conference 9.3 Colonial Empires
Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 9.3 Colonial Empires
Berlin Olympics 12.3 The Great Depression
Big Bertha 11.3 Total War
Bloody Sunday 11.5 The War Ends
Bolivian Water Law 15.1 A Global Economy
Bolshevik Revolution 11.5 The War Ends
Book of Common Prayer 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
Bosnia-Herzegovina 14.5 A New World Order
Bourbon reforms 8.1 Revolution for Whom?
Brake Parts Inc. 15.1 A Global Economy
British Expeditionary Force 13.1 An Unstable Peace
British North American Act 9.1 The Second Industrial Revolution
British South Africa Company 9.3 Colonial Empires
bulletin board systems (BBSs) 15.3 Science and Technology for Today’s World
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Cádiz Cortes 8.1 Revolution for Whom?
Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement 15.1 A Global Economy
Canadian Pacific Railroad 9.1 The Second Industrial Revolution
Cape Colony 9.3 Colonial Empires
Cape to Cairo 9.3 Colonial Empires
Carranza 11.3 Total War
Catherine of Aragon 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
Catherine the Great 7.1 The Enlightenment
Catholic Reformation 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
Central African Republic 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Central Committee of the Constitutional Democrat 11.5 The War Ends
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 14.1 The Cold War Begins
Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) 14.3 The Non-Aligned Movement
child labor 1.2 Primary Sources
Chinese Communist Party 14.2 The Spread of Communism
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 14.5 A New World Order
Chinese Cultural Revolution 14.2 The Spread of Communism
Chinese Exclusion Act 10.4 Communities in Diaspora
Chinese Revolution 14.5 A New World Order
Chlorine gas 11.3 Total War
Christian humanism 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
Christmas truce 11.3 Total War
chronological approach 1.1 Developing a Global Perspective
Church of England 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
Coca-Cola Introduction
Cochabamba Water War 15.1 A Global Economy
Colonial Development Act 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies
colonial holdings 11.3 Total War
colonial rule 13.2 Theaters of War
colonial self-government 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
Committee of Public Safety 7.3 Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti
Communist International 12.3 The Great Depression
Comunero Rebellion 8.1 Revolution for Whom?
concentration camps 13.2 Theaters of War
Congo Reform Association (CRA) 9.4 Exploitation and Resistance
Congolese National Movement 14.4 Global Tensions and Decolonization
Congress of Angostura 8.3 Spanish South America
Congress of Panama 8.3 Spanish South America
conscientious objector 11.4 War on the Homefront
consent of the governed 7.1 The Enlightenment
Continental Blockade 8.1 Revolution for Whom?
Convention of Kanagawa 9.1 The Second Industrial Revolution
Counter-Attack 11.3 Total War
cowrie shells 3.2 The Songhai Empire
crimes against humanity 13.4 Out of the Ashes
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Declaration of Independence 7.3 Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti
Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 14.2 The Spread of Communism
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 7.3 Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen 7.3 Revolutions: America, France, and Haiti
Declaration on Liberated Europe 13.4 Out of the Ashes
deductive reasoning 7.1 The Enlightenment
deficit spending 12.3 The Great Depression
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 14.2 The Spread of Communism
Democratic Revolutionary Front 14.4 Global Tensions and Decolonization
Deng Xiaopin 14.5 A New World Order
Deng Xiaoping 14.5 A New World Order
dogfights 11.3 Total War
domino theory 14.1 The Cold War Begins
Donghak Rebellion 9.3 Colonial Empires
Dutch Cape Colony 9.3 Colonial Empires
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economic imperialism 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
Eight-Nation Alliance 9.4 Exploitation and Resistance
Einsatzgruppen 13.2 Theaters of War
Eisenhower Doctrine 14.3 The Non-Aligned Movement
El Salvador Civil War 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Emirate of Afghanistan 9.3 Colonial Empires
England’s Treasure by Forraign Trade 5.3 The Mercantilist Economy
English Bill of Rights 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
English Defence League 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
English Reformation 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
enlightened despot 7.1 The Enlightenment
enslaved Indigenous peoples 5.4 The Atlantic Slave Trade
European Coal and Steel Community 15.1 A Global Economy
European Economic Community 15.1 A Global Economy
European Parliament 15.1 A Global Economy
European Union (EU) 15.1 A Global Economy
Evil Empire Speech 14.5 A New World Order
Exportation Act of 1660 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
extraterritoriality 9.3 Colonial Empires
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Falkenhayn 11.3 Total War
Fashoda Incident 9.3 Colonial Empires
February Revolution 11.5 The War Ends
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) 12.3 The Great Depression
Federation of the Socialist Workers of France (FSWF) 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies
Final Solution 13.2 Theaters of War
First Arab-Israeli War 14.3 The Non-Aligned Movement
First Boer War 9.3 Colonial Empires
First Indochina War 14.2 The Spread of Communism
First Shanghai Incident 13.1 An Unstable Peace
First Sino-Japanese War 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.3 Colonial Empires
First Taiwan Strait Crisis 14.2 The Spread of Communism
flamethrowers 11.3 Total War
France 2.1 India and International Connections, 5.3 The Mercantilist Economy, 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy, 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy, 7.4 Nationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Political Order, 7.4 Nationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Political Order, 8.1 Revolution for Whom?, 9.1 The Second Industrial Revolution, 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.4 Exploitation and Resistance, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.2 Life in the Industrial City, 10.3 Coerced and Semicoerced Labor, 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies, 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies, 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies, 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies, 11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict, 11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict, 11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict, 11.2 The Collapse of the Ottomans and the Coming of War, 11.2 The Collapse of the Ottomans and the Coming of War, 11.4 War on the Homefront, 11.5 The War Ends, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.3 The Great Depression, 12.3 The Great Depression, 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies, 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies, 12.5 Resistance, Civil Rights, and Democracy, 12.5 Resistance, Civil Rights, and Democracy, 13.1 An Unstable Peace, 15.1 A Global Economy, 15.1 A Global Economy, 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions, 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
French Artistic Mission 8.4 Portuguese South America
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Gang of Four 14.5 A New World Order
gas masks 11.3 Total War
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 15.1 A Global Economy
general will 7.1 The Enlightenment
German East Africa 9.3 Colonial Empires
German Southwest Africa 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact 13.1 An Unstable Peace, 13.1 An Unstable Peace
Germany 7.4 Nationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Political Order, 7.4 Nationalism, Liberalism, Conservatism, and the Political Order, 9.1 The Second Industrial Revolution, 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.3 Colonial Empires, 9.4 Exploitation and Resistance, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.1 Inventions, Innovations, and Mechanization, 10.2 Life in the Industrial City, 10.4 Communities in Diaspora, 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies, 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies, 10.5 Regulation, Reform, and Revolutionary Ideologies, 11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict, 11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict, 11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict, 11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict, 11.2 The Collapse of the Ottomans and the Coming of War, 11.2 The Collapse of the Ottomans and the Coming of War, 11.2 The Collapse of the Ottomans and the Coming of War, 11.2 The Collapse of the Ottomans and the Coming of War, 11.3 Total War, 11.3 Total War, 11.4 War on the Homefront, 11.4 War on the Homefront, 11.5 The War Ends, 11.5 The War Ends, 11.5 The War Ends, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.1 Recovering from World War I, 12.3 The Great Depression, 12.3 The Great Depression, 12.3 The Great Depression, 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies, 13.1 An Unstable Peace, 13.1 An Unstable Peace, 13.2 Theaters of War, 13.4 Out of the Ashes, 13.4 Out of the Ashes, 14.1 The Cold War Begins, 15.1 A Global Economy, 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Germany and the Next War 11.1 Alliances, Expansion, and Conflict
Government of India Act 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies
Great Inca Rebellion 8.1 Revolution for Whom?
Grito do Ipiranga 8.4 Portuguese South America
gross domestic product (GDP) 12.3 The Great Depression
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 14.4 Global Tensions and Decolonization
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Habsburg Empire 4.2 The Ottoman Empire
Hagia Sophia 1.2 Primary Sources
Harlem Hellfighters 11.3 Total War
Hawaiian Patriotic League 9.3 Colonial Empires
higher education 15.1 A Global Economy
historical context 1.2 Primary Sources
historiography 1.2 Primary Sources
Holy Roman Empire 5.1 The Protestant Reformation
Human Rights Watch 15.1 A Global Economy
Hungarian Working People’s Party 14.4 Global Tensions and Decolonization
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iconography 1.2 Primary Sources
Identitarian Movement of Austria 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Illusions of the White Race 12.1 Recovering from World War I
Immigration Restriction Act 10.4 Communities in Diaspora
In Russian and French Prisons 10.3 Coerced and Semicoerced Labor
incandescent light bulb 9.1 The Second Industrial Revolution
indentured servitude 5.4 The Atlantic Slave Trade
Indian Maratha Empire 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
Indian National Army 13.2 Theaters of War
Indian National Congress (INC) 9.4 Exploitation and Resistance
Indian Nationalists 12.4 Old Empires and New Colonies
Indigenous Peoples’ Day 5.2 Crossing the Atlantic
Indigenous women 5.2 Crossing the Atlantic
Indonesian Communist Party 14.3 The Non-Aligned Movement
inductive reasoning 7.1 The Enlightenment
influenza 11.5 The War Ends
intendancy system 8.1 Revolution for Whom?
Intensified Eradication Program 15.3 Science and Technology for Today’s World
intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) 14.1 The Cold War Begins
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 3.4 The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade
internal combustion engine 9.1 The Second Industrial Revolution
International African Association 9.3 Colonial Empires
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 13.4 Out of the Ashes
International Military Tribunal 13.4 Out of the Ashes
International Military Tribunal for the Far East 13.4 Out of the Ashes
international trade 15.1 A Global Economy
International Women’s Union 12.5 Resistance, Civil Rights, and Democracy
Irish Republican Army (IRA) 12.5 Resistance, Civil Rights, and Democracy
Iroquoian Confederacy 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Islamic State in West Africa 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 15.4 Ongoing Problems and Solutions
Israeli-Arab conflict 14.3 The Non-Aligned Movement
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Japan-Korea Treaty of Amity 9.3 Colonial Empires
Japanese Constitution 13.4 Out of the Ashes
Jehovah’s Witnesses 13.2 Theaters of War
Jewish migration 13.1 An Unstable Peace
Jewish refugees 13.1 An Unstable Peace
Joseon dynasty 2.3 Exchange in East Asia
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Kellogg-Briand Pact 12.1 Recovering from World War I
Kenya African Union (KAU) 14.4 Global Tensions and Decolonization
Keynesian economics 12.1 Recovering from World War I
King Philip’s War 6.2 The Rise of a Global Economy
Kingdom of Hawaii 9.3 Colonial Empires
Korean Armistice Agreement 14.2 The Spread of Communism
Korean Demilitarized Zone 14.2 The Spread of Communism
Korean People’s Army 14.2 The Spread of Communism
Koreans