WWI
What is the acronym we use for WWI?
MAIN/MANIA
Which country was to blame for WWI?
What were some of the promises Hitler made to the people of Germany?
•Hitler promised to restore Germany and to make it a world power.
•He also promised to protect Germany’s people by increasing the military and the production of war materials like guns and tanks.
Hitler was able to unite the German people by placing the blame for the country’s problems on the Jewish population. He used them as scapegoats.
•He also called for an increase in Germany’s lands. Everyone who spoke German should be under one rule.
East Germany=?
West Germany=?
East Germany= Communism
West Germany= Democratic
True or False:
Russia’s people were struggling with food shortages and not having enough coal to keep warm.
True
What started WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
France’s Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, pushed for harsh punishment for Germany. Why
France had been devastated when Germany had invaded, and Clemenceau didn’t want Germany to ever be strong enough to start another war.
What happened to you if you spoke out against Hitler?
Anyone who spoke out against Hitler was threatened by the Nazis, sent to a concentration camp for political prisoners, or killed.
What is the Iron Curtain?
An invisible line that represented the tension between communist and democratic sides.
Who was the ruler of Russia until his family was overthrown?
Czar Nicholas
Define Militarism.
Countries had built strong militaries to protect themselves and their colonies, and militarism increased as countries competed with each other to build up their armies and navies.
True or False
US President Woodrow Wilson and UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George were concerned a severe punishment would start another war.
True
Germany invaded which country on September 1, 1939?
Poland
Who were the two superpowers during the Cold War?
The United States and the Soviet Union.
Who brought communism to Russia?
Vladimir Lenin
Define Imperialism.
Imperialism is when a country increases it power and wealth by acquiring new lands under its control.
What is the League of Nations?
a group of countries that promised to work together to make sure that another world war would not occur.
The Holocaust is associated with which war?
WWII
When did the Berlin Wall come down?
1989
What did Communism promise?
Communism promised that communism would bring fairness and equality to ALL Soviets and people would work together and share everything as a community.
Define Nationalism.
Nationalism is when citizens feel fierce pride in their home country.
What were some of the rules that Germany had to follow with the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany had to give up one million square miles of land, Germany owed $33 billion in reparations, the treaty forced Germany to limit its military and stop production of nearly all war materials.
Name a reason the League of Nations failed.
-Not all countries joined.
-Had no power.
-Had no army.
-Unable to act quickly.
What is reunification and when did it happen in Germany?
When a country is reunited as one. For Germany it happened in 1990.
What is Bloody Sunday?
In 1905, Russia lost a war with Japan, which angered many serfs and workers because their family members were forced to fight in the war.
•On January 22nd, thousands of people marched on the Winter Palace to ask Tsar Nicholas for reforms.
•More and more riots began to occur after this.