Chapters 23 & 24

Chapter 23 dealt with fall of empires and the struggles for independence. Many nations gained independence in the 1940s where the British rule of India ended and South Africa won freedom from Great Britain. However, South Africa's government was controlled by a white settler minority whose policy of apartheid tried to keep blacks and white completely separate.

Chapter 24 dealt with global interaction instill some type of synergies. The 20TH century show large number of people move all over the world for a better way of life. It show life expectancies rise and a decline in poverty. With this globalization, the United States lost millions of manufacturing jobs to cheap labor countries. Some United States citizens feel globalization lowers labor standards and is bad for the environment. This has led to the United States facing growing international economic competition with the U.S. now importing far more that it exports.