КТО ЭТО (k'TOE etah; Russian for WHO DAT)
Grigori Rasputin
Siberian peasant who became a trusted advisor to Tsarina Alexandra
Georges Clemenceau
French premier; French representative to the peace talks
Which event was most important to the Allied cause?
entry of the US into the war
Who signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
T-BLeRG!!
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed by Russia and Germany [p 821, first column, 3rd paragraph]
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Additional trivia: Lenin gave up (to Germany) Eastern Poland, Ukraine, Finland, and the Baltic provinces.
Leon Trotsky
Bolshevik revolutionary and organizer who helped overthrow Kerensky's provisional government in 1917
Ernest Swinton
inventor of the tank
What [propaganda] promises did the Bolsheviks make to the Russian people?
[page 820, second column, main paragraph]
Why did the US Senate fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
The US returned to a policy of isolationism (they never joined the League of Nations, either)
Where can you find Jeopardy for 25.1 and 25.2? Why did I choose this information to put on Jeopardy 25.1/25.2 and Jeopardy 25.3/25.4?
in a Google Classroom assignment
It's your secret to success on the exam
Alexander Kerensky
the head of the Russian Provisional Government in 1917
Rosa Luxembourg
Leader of the German communists, she disagreed with Lenin's forced revolutionary approach to Marxism
Did Lenin and his Bolsheviks -- during the Russian Civil War and far beyond -- believe society would inevitably eventually choose Marxism / Communism? Or did they believe in using force and terror to force the issue?
They believed in agitation, terror, and dictatorship
What happened to the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WWI?
The Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled as a result of two treaties* during the Paris Peace Talks, neither of which were the Treaty of Versailles.
BONUS: They were the Treaty of Saint-Germaine and the Treaty of Trianon
REVIEW: What caused WWI?
Set the scene. Europe is a tinder box. It's a powder keg. It's all ready to erupt!
Why?
4 main causes. Can you list and define them? (militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism)
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1 immediate catalyst (assassination...of whom by whom?)
= war
Vladimir Lenin
leader of the Communist takeover in Russia; head of the Bolsheviks; born Vladimir Ulyanov
David Lloyd George
British prime minister; British representative to the peace talks