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Title: World History II SOL Review


1
World History II SOL Review
  • Use these slides like flash cards to study for
    the SOL test
  • WHII.9 WHII.10

2
Outbreak of World War I
  • What are the MAIN causes for WWI?
  • Militarism
  • Alliances
  • Imperialism
  • Nationalism

3
World in 1914
  • Where is the powder keg? (Balkan Peninsula)
  • What happens in Bosnia?
  • Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is
    assassinated.

4
Alliances
  • Who was the leader of Germany?
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • With what country did Wilhelm ally?
  • Austria
  • What two divisions (alliances) emerge?
  • Central Powers Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire
  • Allied Powers Great Britain, France, Russia and
    later Italy

5
Militarism
  • What is mobilization?
  • Preparing for war, gathering weapons
  • The mobilization of WHAT country threatened
    Germany?
  • Russia
  • RESULT?
  • Germany declares war on Russia and outlines a
    two-front war Schlieffen Plan

6
What made WWI different?
  • The Industrial Revolution led to knew kinds of
    warfare machine guns, poison gas
  • How did this change life on the front?
  • Soldiers create trenches for defense
  • What was the result of trench warfare?
  • Stalemate

7
World War I
  • WHAT is the term for complete mobilization of all
    resources?
  • Total War
  • WHO did the French and British call on to help
    with the war effort?
  • Their colonies in Africa and South America.
  • WHAT drew the US into the war?
  • Sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram and
    relationship with Britain

8
Treaty of Versailles
  • WHAT was Woodrow Wilsons plan for peace?
  • Fourteen Points
  • WHAT did this plan propose?
  • Disarmament, free trade, freedom of the seas,
    self-determination, ban secret treaties League
    of Nations
  • WHERE was the peace plan discussed?
  • Paris Peace Conference
  • WHAT happened to the Austrian Empire?
  • Fell apart Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,
    Romania

9
Treaty of Versailles Germany
  • What did the treaty require of Germany?
  • War Guilt
  • Huge reparations
  • Limited military
  • What was the result?
  • Bitter resentment later to be exploited by
    Hitler
  • The US emerges as a huge power, takes
    isolationist stance

10
What led to the Russian Revolution?
  • Defeated in Russo-Japanese war
  • Landless peasantry
  • Incompetence of Czar (Tsar) Nicholas II
  • High casualties in WWI

11
What is the Russian Revolution?
  • Tsar Nicholas II steps down for provisional
    government
  • The Bolsheviks (Communists/Reds) defeat the
    provisional govt. (whites).
  • The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is
    formed.
  • VI Lenin is the new Soviet leader

12
Interwar League of Nations
  • US refuses to join although the idea was
    President Wilsons
  • Creates MANDATE SYSTEM redistributing former
    German colonies and Middle Eastern territories to
    the Allies

13
What caused the Worldwide Great Depression?
  • Triggered by US Stock Market Collapse in 1929
  • US stops sending money to Europe
  • Supply far exceeded demand
  • Expansion of Protestant Movement - Geneva

14
What contributed to the Rise of Dictatorships?
  • Global depression
  • Horrors of war
  • Revolutions bred fear of Communism and
    instability of government

15
WHICH dictator?
  • Formed and anti-communist party in Italy
  • Founded fascist movement
  • Return to the glory of the Roman Empire
  • Invaded Ethiopia
  • BENITO MUSSOLINI

16
WHICH Dictator?
  • Had to revive flagging economy
  • Stirred public to nationalistic frenzy
  • Formed the National Socialist Workers Party
    (Nazi Party)
  • Used communists, gypsies and Jews as scapegoats
    for national problems
  • ADOLF HITLER

17
WHICH Dictator?
  • Extreme nationalism fuels imperialism
  • An increased need for raw materials leads to
    invasion of Manchuria
  • VERY militaristic
  • HIDEKI TOJO (Emperor Hirohito)

18
WHICH Dictator??
  • Took over when Lenin died
  • Increased strength of national economic system
    (differs from other dictators)
  • Five Year Plan (production) and collectivization
    of farms
  • Use Secret Police to quiet dissenters GREAT
    PURGE
  • JOSEF STALIN (economic system communism)
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