ch 21

chapter 21 talks about the disappointment of WW1. It was suppose to be the war to end all wars but it wasn't.  Now the major European stats have ended centuries of hostility. Europe had recovered between 1950 and 2000. It was without its overseas empires and its position as the core of Western civilization. Around the 1900s the balance of power in Europe was shaped by two rival alliances. The Triple alliance and Triple Entente. The triple alliance was Germany, Austria, and Italy. the Triple Entente was Russia, France, and Britain. Austria was determined to crush the nationalism movement. In Asia and Africa many gained military skills and political awareness. The United States appeared as a global power. The U.S. manpower had been important in the defeat of Germany. The war loosen the hold of many traditional values in Europe. For example, enormous casualties promoted social mobility, women increasingly won the right to vote, and the rise of a new consumerism.