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Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922 and ruled through the 1930s. The rise of a fascist/totalitarian regime.
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The Great Depression was caused by international incoordination economically. There was struggle recovering from WWI and especially since the US stock market crashed so badly.
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Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany under the Nazi Party marking the rise of a fascist regime. -
Italy attempted to gain power and colonize Ethiopia.
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Internal ideological war between Republicans/Nationalists, supporters of the USSR or Nazi Germany
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Germany invaded Rhineland in a grab for more power and to reclaim land.
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Germany invaded Austria to regain land and power after they got away with the invasion of the Rhineland.
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After Germany's invasions, the League of Nations allowed Germany to take part of Sudetenland as appeasement to prevent more action. This didn't do much as Germany continued acting freely and triggering WWII
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A non-aggression pact between Germany and the USSR.
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WWII begins with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland -
Hitler committed genocide against Jews with internment camps.
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, a US naval base. -
The United States dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima and "Fat Man" on Nagasaki. Nuclear weapons are referenced in Lord of the Flies. -
The United Nations was formed to prevent future wars unlike the League of Nations.
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Trials prosecuting Nazi officials for their crimes during the war and holocaust
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Winston Churchill gave a speech that emphasizes the need to fight against the USSR's communism as they become more secretive and assertive. Start of Cold War. This tension of the Cold War is present in Lord of the Flies with the occurrence of nuclear war, a present fear during this period.
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The League of Nations was disbanded due to it's ineffectiveness in preventing war.
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An economic plan for the US to assist Europe in reconstruction after being ravaged by the war. -
The Soviet Union blocked the Allies' access to their section of Berlin. It led to the West airlifting supplies into the isolated West Berlin. Cold War
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created to unite against the USSR and communism
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Freudian Psychology became more popular and impactful with the idea of subconscious and urges influencing people. This relates to the themes of the story with primal urges controlling Jack and the other boys actions. -
Television became more popular and widely available all over the world during this 1950s.
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A proxy war between the US and USSR concerning the fight between North and South Korea over communism.
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McCarthy spoke out against government officials and other people who he baselessly accused of being communist spies.
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The Arms Race began as the US and USSR as both tested hydrogen bombs and led to an escalation of nuclear arms. This was referenced in Lord of the Flies with the dropping of an atom bomb, "'About the atom bomb? They're all dead,'" (Golding, 10). This references the dropping of atom bombs and threat of nuclear wars present during the Cold War. -
It was ruled that separate facilities were inherently unequal.
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An alliance created by the USSR to counter NATO.
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Vietnam War began as ideological battle of democracy against communism. -
The USSR launched Sputnik and triggered the start of the Space Race. -
The British supportive government of Iraq fell showing the fall of British power/colonization.