World War I & II
3. Name 3 causes of WW1. Nationalism Imperialism/colonialism Militarism Formation of Alliances
The “spark” that started world war 1 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Shot by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia Led Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia, set off a chain reaction
Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Versailles: Peace treaty ending World War 1 which placed the blame for the war on Germany 4. How the treaty negatively affected Germany: Germany owed other countries $33 billion for the cost of war. Germany had to reduce its military size. Germany had to give up land in Europe and colonies. Germany had to accept blame for the war.
5. Causes of WWII Countries were angry with others because of WW1 The Treaty of Versailles Dictators rose to power Hitler= Germany Mussolini= Italy Stalin= Soviet Union Hitler had a plan to conquer all of Europe Countries had different beliefs about the best type of government Dictatorship vs. democracy?
The two opposing sides (WWII) Allies: Great Britain France Soviet Union (later) U.S. (later) Axis: Italy Germany Japan Soviet Union (at first)-then switched to Allies
6. German leader: Adolf Hitler
7. British leader: Winston Churchill
8. Soviet Leader: Joseph Stalin
9. US president: Franklin Roosevelt
10. Effects of World War II Germany was divided into 2 parts: communist and free (democracy). The Soviet Union gained a lot of land— controlled Eastern Europe. The U.S. and Soviet Union became the world super powers. Used to be Britain and France. Led to the Cold War. More nations created nuclear weapons. Led to creation of European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN).