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3 rd 9 Weeks Review

3 rd 9 Weeks Review. The Main Causes of WWI. Nationalism - superiority of own nation or wanting your own nation A . French & Russians Hate/Fear the Germans Imperialism - taking over or controlling another country or region Militarism - glorification of the military

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3 rd 9 Weeks Review

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  1. 3rd 9 Weeks Review

  2. The Main Causes of WWI Nationalism- superiority of own nation or wanting your own nation A. French & Russians Hate/Fear the Germans Imperialism- taking over or controlling another country or region Militarism- glorification of the military 4. Alliance Structure- interlocking defense treaties- just needs one spark for WWI to start 1. The Spark: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by GavriloPrincip in Sarejevo, Bosnia.

  3. Types of Warfare Use of Trench Warfare A. Common on the Western Front 1. 475 miles of trenches 2. Problems- little movement- defense rules 3. High death rate No Mans Land 1. Area between the Trenches 2. Barren & Bombed out Unrestricted Submarine Warfare- Sink ships on sight. But they sink many US ships and this makes America angry. Direct cause of US entering WWI

  4. Turning Points and End of WWI • The Turning Points of WWI • US enters the War on the side of the Allies April of 1917 • Russia exits the War in November of 1917

  5. Treaty of Versailles Wilson’s 14 Points- Attempt to make WWI the “War to end all Wars” called for no punishments, League of Nations & for all people to determine where they live. The Big Four at the conference: Clemenceau, George, Wilson & Orlando Treaty is very Harsh to Germany- Ignores Wilson’s 14 Points-Punish Germany Germany had to take blame for WWI & pay huge reparations: pay money to the winners of WWI- causes hyperinflation Causes rise of fascism in Germany

  6. Russian Revolution Causes Dissatisfaction with Czarist Rule 1.Government was very inefficient and corrupt Leader of Russia is Tsar/Czar Nicholas II- an absolute monarch Bolsheviks- Hardline communists who called for a violent overthrow of the government 1. Led by Vladimir Lenin 2. Motto “Peace, Land & Bread” for all Treaty of Brest-Litovsk- Russia withdraws from WWI to concentrate on Revolution

  7. Joseph Stalin Leader of Soviet Union following WWI Very brutal in enforcing power Five-Year Plans- attempts by Stalin to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union Purges- attempts by Stalin to eliminate all opponents, real & imaginary Show Trial- a trial where the outcome is already decided-guilty- just to make a show of fairness.

  8. Inner War Period India Main Causes of Great Depression Gandhi- Use non-violence, passive resistance, to try to achieve Indian independence for Great Britain US Stock Market Crash Weakened European Economies from WWI Collapse of Banks Enacting Tariffs & Retaliatory Tariffs

  9. Fascism Strong, dictatorial, governments that are very nationalistic & imperialistic Founded in Italy by Benito Mussolini- March on Rome 3. Also used by Adolph Hitler- being elected and then exploiting constitution to take control Totalitarian Government: government, which a one party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of citizens. Uses Censorship, mass arrests and secret police to keep power.

  10. Acts of Aggression Italy- takes over Ethiopia Germany: 1. Repudiating Treaty of Versailles 2. Taking over Austria 3. Taking Sudetenland & Czechoslovakia Appeasement: policy followed by Britain to try to stop another war 1. Policy of giving into an aggressor’s demands in order to keep the peace 2. Britain signs Munich Agreement giving Germany Sudetenland hoping this will stop Hitler from wanting more land

  11. Start of WWII Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact- where the Soviet & Nazis agree to remain neutral- not attack each other The Axis Powers- Goal is world domination 1. Germany 2. Italy 3. Japan The Allies- goal is to stop Axis 1. Great Britain 2. France Later Allies: 3. Soviet Union 4. United States 5. China 6. Italy

  12. Types of Warfare Technology Blitzkrieg- “Lightening War” Used by Germans in WWII- used combined forces of Tanks, Airplanes and mobile infantry to achieve great advances Sonar- Use of sound waves to detect submarines under water Radar- Use of microwaves to detect airplanes before they can be seen or heard. Later put on ships to find submarines & other ships Aircraft Carrier- Ship capable of carrying a large number of airplanes anywhere in the war- will be the most important type of ship in WWII Atomic Bomb- a nuclear weapon that causes a massive amount of destruction

  13. WWII Main Turning Points of WWII • Entry of US • Battles of Stalingrad & Midway • Cracking of Japanese & German Codes • The Holocaust 1. Deliberate murder of six million Jews 2. Carried out by Nazi Germany 3. Planned in great detail & required cooperation of a lot of people Pearl Harbor- “Day the will live in infamy” day the Japanese attacked the US causing us to enter the War. December 7, 1941 Propaganda-The spreading of ideas to promote a certain cause, or to damage an opposing cause

  14. Yalta Conference • Big Three (Roosevelt, Stalin & Churchill) • Decisions • Divide Germany • Soviets taking eastern Europe • Set Up United Nations

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