Starting a Fight
What sparked the crisis in Europe that lead to the war?
assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
How did Kemal Atatürk gain control of Turkish forces during the fight for independence?
After getting control from the sultan (which was put there by the British government to control the Ottoman empire), he used his power to further the nationalist cause.
What is the term meaning "the right to vote in elections"?
Suffrage
- eg. women's sufferage
Read Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. What does this mean?
https://www.kevinsun.com/2012/08/hemingways-perfect-paragraph-farewell.html
Explored the meaninglessness of Loss
Lenin's cheka was totalitarian because ______.
It eliminated all opposition, checked on people to see if they were against him.
Which tactic is a key aspect of Total War?
both military and civilian populations needed to act to support the war effort
What did Ataturk do for education?
- made it more secular
- replaced the arabic alphabet with the roman alphabet
What is the term for "when fighting stops officially in war"?
Armistace
Armistace Day, Nov 11, 1918
Who is a "breadwinner"? How did society treat people who weren't "breadwinners" in terms of looking for a job?
Men.
Unmarried women had a much harder time finding jobs.
What's the big deal about the Soviet Union?
No one had ever tried this form of government before, and Lenin and the Russian Communist Party had an idea of government that many people found attractive in theory, but no one knew how it might work.
What got the US involved with the war?
They got involved after the Zimmermann Telegram (Mexico calling on Germany for aid), and sent troops to provided military reinforcements and support.
What political role did the U.S. take during World War I?
US joined the war late, but had huge influence in drafting the treaty of Versailles and setting up the foundations for the League of Nations
changed the colonies’ traditional economies to suit their own capitalist needs
Louis Pasteur developed several key breakthroughs. What were some of them?
What is the cult of personality and how did Stalin use it?
He portrayed himself as a strong leader by taking control of all media to make sure they painted him in a good light.
The Russian Revolution led to major disagreements about the country’s political future, resulting in war.
- Red(Bolsheviks) and White (Mensheviks) Army got rid of the Czars, then fought each other over how Russia should be run.
Who proposed the idea of the League of Nations and did the US join?
Woodrow Wilson, and no, despite the fact that he wanted to be in it. Congress did not want to give up autonomy to be a part of the global community.
Individual people and charities did what to help people during the Great Depression?
Established breadlines to give out simple meals
Check out works by Martha Graham, Gertrude Stein, and Luigi Pirandello. How do these people show the styles of surrealism, modernism, and cubism?
Did African independence find it easy to adopt democracy after centuries of colonialism?
No, they were unable to fully fight off the colonial forces.
What is the impact of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on Russia?
The land Germany took from Russia cost the country resources and led to a new war.
What motivated the creation of the League of Nations?
Just how terrible WWI was
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-world-war
Britain made the "right to roam." How did that change the country?
It led to the development of national parks in the country that everyone could enjoy.
What is the difference between the Eastern and the Western fronts of the war?
Read the answer and take notes on 4 key ideas.
The Eastern and Western Fronts have fairly similar strategies in that each side launches sudden offensives against the other in the hopes of gaining more territory, but the Western Front does this while utilizing trenches. Their goal is always to break the enemy’s line using artillery and more troops. The Eastern Front is significantly longer than the Western Front though, so troops there are more concerned with possibly being flanked. There are also significantly more troops on the Eastern Front—due to both the size of the front and the fact that the populations of the two main players were larger.
Why did the Mexican Revolution draw to a close under Carranza?
Carranza created the ejido system and supported the Indigenous people.