This was done for a Research Project to Present to a committee, to enlighten their knowledge on American History.

1. Globalization and Postmodern Western Civilization
Yesterday Goals Meet Today’s Dreams
By Nette PheNixx

2. Agenda:
Welcome and
Introductions
Mohandas Gandhi
Nationalism
Important Leaders
Historical Actions
Western Beliefs
Western Ideals &
Influence
Influence Events
Conclusion
Questions
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3. INTRODUCTION
Western Ideals and Civilization Practices
Have influenced many Countries By Examples of
Leadership, Revolutions, and Technology and Politics
Their style has been duplicated
World wide

4. Mohandas Gandhi
 Early Life
 London/ South Africa
 Return to India
 World War II
 Non-violence / Civil Disobedience
 Assassination

5. Nationalism
• Defining Nationalism
• Nationalism during World War II
• Churchill, Roosevelt, and King
• Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo
• Modern Nationalism

6. •(May 29, 1917 – November
22, 1963),
•35th President of the United
States,
•Assassination
•Born August 13, 1926)
•Revolutionary figure
•Former Prime Minister
• Margaret Thatcher • John F. Kennedy •Fidel Castro
Important Leaders
•13 October 1925-Present
•First woman Prime Minister of
the United Kingdom and was the
•First woman to lead a major
political party in the country.

7. 12
“Love is the only force
capable of transforming a
enemy to a friend.”
• (Jan 15, 1929 – Apr 4,
1968)
• Clergyman,
• Activist
• African-American Civil
Rights Movement
“A people that values its
privileges above its
principles soon loses both.”
• Oct14, 1890 – Mar 28,
1969)
• A five-star general
• Supreme Commander of
the Allied Forces in
Europe
“A good head and a good
heart are always a
formidable combination.”
• (July 18 1918-Present)
• South African politician
• President of South Africa
• Served 27 years in
prison

8. 1945-
Present
(Actions)
Berlin Wall
September
11th
2008
Election
The Cold
War
Vietnam
War

9. Great Leaders

10. 13 Rules of Leadership
 Rule 1: It Isn't as Bad as You
Think! It Will Look Better in the
Morning!
 Rule 2: Get Mad Then Get Over
It!
 Rule 3: Avoid Having Your Ego
so Close to your Position that
When Your Position Falls, Your
Ego Goes With It!
 Rule 4: It Can be Done!
 Rule 5: Be Careful Whom You
Choose!
 Rule 6: Don’t Let Adverse Facts
Stand in the Way of a Good
Decision.
 Rule 7: You Can’t Make Someone
Else’s Decisions! You Shouldn’t
Let Someone Else Make Yours!
 Rule 8: Check Small Things!
 Rule 9: Share Credit!
 Rule 10: Remain calm! Be kind!
 Rule 11: Have a Vision! Be
Demanding!
 Rule 12: Don’t take counsel of
your fears or naysayers!
 Rule 13: Perpetual optimism is a
force multiplier!

11. Western Ideals & Influence
Since 1945
Mohandas Ghandi
Non-violence
His Way of Life
Techniques Used
Fastening
Hunger Strikes
Passive Resistant
Marches
Protests
Picketing
Sit-ins
Boycotts

12. Western Ideals & Influence
Since 1945cont.
Gandhi influences can been seen through the 20th and 21st Centuries
 Civil Right Movement
1954-1971 / Supreme Court Rules against school segregation
(Martin Luther King)
 Feminist Movement
1848-1920 / Declaration of Sentiments
 Occupy Street Movement
September 17, 2011
He is Remembered not only as a Political Leader
But as a Moralist who appealed to the Universal Conscience of Man-kind.
He changed the World

13. Western Ideals & Influence
Nationalism
 A sense of Belonging to a Nation or State
 Sharing in the ideology, political, social philosophy
 Can be a Positive or Negative in Unification
 Nationalism has led to Wars
 Threatens wars of today

14. Conclusion
The way of life on earth has made significant strides
toward equality, technology, leadership, and politics.
The willingness to fight for causes not only helps people to move forward,
but gives examples to mirror.
Without the important worldwide achievements that countries and people
have made, We would still be as Pre WWI days.
accomplishments by leaders like Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. Has
Allowed us to grasp the idea
of Barack Obama, as our President.
Globalization, Technology, and nationalism will continue to move the world
forward and people’s thinking as well.

15. Change of Today & Tomorrow

16. References
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• Gandhi The Man The Belief
http://www.Gandi-Manihaven.org/Gandi-Main.htm
• NonViolentProtectsConflictResolutions
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