What Is The Influence Of The Global Moment Of 1919 On Poland And Korea
The Influence of the Global Moment of 1919 on Poland and Korea
경제학부 201142164
이승은 (Lee SeungEun)
Western Area History
Professor Klaus Dittrich
July 15, 2014
The year 1919 has very significant meanings throughout the world history. It is because the World War One which took four years finally ended in November 1918. Germany surrendered to the Allies and a new world order was established under the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Before the Great War, the almost whole Europe especially the British Empire and France and also the United States and Japan which is the first Asian nation were obsessed with the imperialism and the colonialism. It is because these countries needed a new land. After the Industrial Revolution, these countries experienced the excessive capital accumulation and the rapid population growth. Therefore, they needed a new market to export their capital surplus and a new territory for their overpopulation. Also, the Social Darwinism and the strengthened nationalism after Italian and German unification in 1861 and 1871 respectively justified their imperialism. Therefore, many Asia and Africa countries were their typical sacrifices.
Korea and Poland were also the sacrifices. Both …show more content…
In reality, many ethnic minorities dominated by Germany and Austria established independent nations. To be specific, Poland, Finland, Baltic countries (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia), Hungary, Czechoslovakia and many other countries achieved independence. These are the three reasons why Wilson’s Fourteen Points are important and a series of worldwide situations resulted from the points so that is why some people call the ‘global moment’ of 1919 as the ‘Wilsonian
경제학부 201142164
이승은 (Lee SeungEun)
Western Area History
Professor Klaus Dittrich
July 15, 2014
The year 1919 has very significant meanings throughout the world history. It is because the World War One which took four years finally ended in November 1918. Germany surrendered to the Allies and a new world order was established under the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Before the Great War, the almost whole Europe especially the British Empire and France and also the United States and Japan which is the first Asian nation were obsessed with the imperialism and the colonialism. It is because these countries needed a new land. After the Industrial Revolution, these countries experienced the excessive capital accumulation and the rapid population growth. Therefore, they needed a new market to export their capital surplus and a new territory for their overpopulation. Also, the Social Darwinism and the strengthened nationalism after Italian and German unification in 1861 and 1871 respectively justified their imperialism. Therefore, many Asia and Africa countries were their typical sacrifices.
Korea and Poland were also the sacrifices. Both …show more content…
In reality, many ethnic minorities dominated by Germany and Austria established independent nations. To be specific, Poland, Finland, Baltic countries (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia), Hungary, Czechoslovakia and many other countries achieved independence. These are the three reasons why Wilson’s Fourteen Points are important and a series of worldwide situations resulted from the points so that is why some people call the ‘global moment’ of 1919 as the ‘Wilsonian