World History › Section W · Between the wars › Topic W.5
Resistance, civil rights, and democracy
After 1918 many women won the vote, minorities demanded the rights their service had earned, and new states tried democracy, while radio and film created the first mass culture. In Japan, China and elsewhere, the same years showed how quickly democratic hopes could give way to armies and one-party rule.
In this topic
- Votes for women
- Worked example: did war work win British women the vote?
- Civil rights and Black internationalism
- Ireland divided
- Japan: from party government to military rule
- Worked example: why did Japan's democracy give way?
- China and Vietnam: nationalists and communists
- Reform from above: Turkey and Latin America
- A new mass culture
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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