CHAPTER 20

1. CHAPTER 20 Nationalist Movements Around the World Section 1:The British Empire in the Postwar Era Section 2:Turkey, Persia, and Africa Section 3:Unrest in China Section 4:Imperialism in Japan Section 5:Latin America Between the Wars

2. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Bell Ringer 20.2: What were some changes in African attitudes towards colonialism? Experience Result World War I colonial education racism and political repression

3. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Turkey

4. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa After its defeatin WWI, the Ottoman Empire was stripped ofall its land exceptTurkey.

5. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Mustafa KemalAtaturk Founded the Republic of Turkey 1922 Became the republic’s first president

6. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa …believed that the traditional way of running Muslim countries had outlived itself, and that Turkey's chances of surviving the future as well as gaining new strength would only be achieved through adopting principles from the European countries.

7. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa His reforms included adopting Western dress, introduction of the Latin alphabet for Turkish, reduction of the centrality of Islam in Turkish public life, equality of all citizens regardless of religion, women’s suffrage and regular education of the masses. He introduced a political system that took many elements from Western systems, but he never allowed political pluralism, allowing only his own Republican People's party.

8. Political Cartoon Turkey, Persia, and Africa Parliament Membership during the Single-Party System in Turkey (1925-1945)

9. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Persia

10. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Iran is home to one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations.

11. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Reza Shah Pahlavi 1921 ~ seized control of the gov’toverthrowing the last Shah of the Qajardynasty. ~ wanted to modernize his country andfree it from foreign domination

12. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Reza Shah introduced many socio-economic reforms, reorganizing the army, government administration, and finances. He is considered the father of modern Iran.

13. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Reza Shah established an authoritarian government that valued nationalism, militarism, secularism and anti-communism combined with strict censorship and state propaganda. His secret police ruthlessly put down any opposition and suppressed political parties.

14. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Africa

15. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa African colonial troops fought for GB and France expecting to be rewarded after the war with greater political freedom. They would be disappointed.

16. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Missionaries and gov’t schools taught African studentsWestern ideals of equality and self-rule.At the same time, the colonial gov’ts denied Africansthese rights.

17. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa The period between the World Wars saw a huge increase in political activity in Africa, much of it led by the younger generation. Nnamdi Azikiweof Nigeria “After Africa’s sons had shed their blood on the altar of liberty and after having experienced that terrible plague called the influenza epidemic, are we not the same manna loving people?

18. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa Jomo Kenyattaof Kenya Léopold Senghorof Senegal

19. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa What factors contributed to the increasein political activity and calls for nationalismin Africa after World War I? Increased education for Africans, Western ideas of nationalismand equality

20. SECTION 2 Turkey, Persia, and Africa QUIZ TIME!