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Title: Aftermath of WWI


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Aftermath of WWI
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Essential Question
  • How did Europe change after WWI?

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Russian Revolution
  • In 1917, Russia went through a revolution.
  • A revolution is a big change of power in short
    amount of time.
  • Poor people in Russia (serfs) were unsatisfied
    with their lives.
  • They blamed the rich ruling class of Russia and
    demanded the Czar (King) step down
  • The Czar of Russia (King) was Nicholas II

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Russian Revolution
  • This took place in 1917.
  • WWI had made the poor even poorer
  • They took over the Russian Government and killed
    Nicholas II and his whole family, ending the 300
    year Romanov Dynasty.

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Russian Revolution
  • After the Revolution, a Communist group known as
    the Bolsheviks took over
  • Communism is a system in which people cooperate
    to survive.
  • The leader of the Bolsheviks was Vladimir Lenin

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Russian Revolution
  • Lenin and the Bolsheviks make Russia a Communist
    country and change the name.
  • Russia becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist
    Republics (USSR)

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The War Ends
  • The Allied Powers win the war.
  • The war leaves almost all of Europe bankrupt.
  • They force Germany to sign the Treaty of
    Versailles in 1919.

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The Treaty of Versailles
  • The 1919 Versailles Treaty, which Germany was
    kept under blockade until she signed, ended the
    war. The treaty said
  • the war was all Germanys fault.
  • Germany had to pay money to the countries it
    attacked.
  • Germany had to give up a bunch of its land and
    colonies
  • Germany also had to disarm its military.

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  • The Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to go
    through a depression
  • a time when businesses and people lost a lot of
    money

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  • People who could not find jobs joined the
    Communist and National Socialist parties.
  • The National Socialist Partys leader, Adolf
    Hitler, was gaining more and more power

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The Treaty of Versailles
  • They were also mad because the treaty said that
    Germany alone caused WWI.
  • Many Germans wanted revenge

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Nazi Party
  • As more and more Germans became poor and angry,
    more and more began joining the National
    Socialist Party.
  • Before long, the party is very large and its
    leader, Adolph Hitler becomes very powerful.
  • They also change the name of the party to the
    Nazi Party

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We Will See Hitler Again
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Mr. Cribbs is a Dictator
  • Split class in two groups
  • Why are you unsatisfied with me as dictator?
  • What is your new political partys name?
  • Who is your leader?
  • How will you take me out of power?
  • What will you do when you have power?

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Mr. Cribbs is a Dictator
  • How will you control the people of the other
    political party?
  • Why are you unsatisfied with your new dictator?
  • Who is your leader?
  • How will you take them out of power?
  • What will you do when you have power?
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