The Treaty of Versailles (Ended WW1)

The Treaty of Versailles was the single document that put an end to World War 1, known as the Great War at the time. But with this document, came forth more hate and controversy. This document stated that Germany was the main cause of all loss in WW1, so they had to pay heavy reparations and practically all of their foreign colonies were taken away from them. This devastated the German government and economy, practically eliminating them. In my opinion, I think this was a reasonable arrangement, instead of eliminating their entire country, they let them be in shambles. But as people say, when all is lost, there is always that one cockroach that survived, or something like that. Well anyway, that was the case in Germany after the Treaty of Versailles. Adolf Hitler, a Austria-Hungarian, started to make speeches on how the entire country can rise again, by eliminating anybody that is not part of the 'superior race'. Many historians bicker that the Treaty of Versailles was the main reason for the rise of Hitler and Fascism.

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

The word secular means of or pertaining to worldy things, basically non-religious. Mustafa Kemal (aka Ararurk) was a turk who was basically the first president of modern turkey. Think of him as a George Washington figure. He wasnt really fond of the Turkish way of life at the time, which was almost completly circled around religion. When he became the leader he passed various laws and promoted several different styles. To rid of the religious influence in Turkey, he showed the Turks how to dress as their neighbors the Europeans. Instead of a robe with a fez, he said to wear a shirt, jacket, pants and a brimmed hat. Not only did he change the Turks' fashion sense, but he also changed some of their laws. He actually banned the wearing of a fez, a religious sort of headgear. He applied new governmental ways to the current Turkish one. He applied more secular themes to these Coesxisting laws.

Film Lesson "Gandhi"

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, or Gandhi for short, the standalone reason for India's independence. He used methods such as civil disobedience to attempt to stop England's tyranny towards India. These methods that Gandhi used were non-violent, yet effective protests. He was a gifted speaker and influenced many Indians to unite and put an end to British rule. Even though his protests were peaceful, he still was arrested countless times by the police. This was pretty much one of the biggest benefits of using non violent procedures. When the British arrested Gandhi and other non-violent protesters, they were making themselves look bad, arresting harmless men. After a while, the British had enough of the Indian people, they decided to grant India it's independence. All of this would not have been made possible if it weren't for people like Gandhi.