1. Social Studies 30 IB Overview of Topics for IB EXAMS

2. World War 1 : 1914-1918 (Paper 2) Causes of WW1
Long term causes (spheres of influence, alliances, main players)
Short Term causes (Balkans and Assassination of Franz Ferdinand)

3. World war 1 Fighting styles
Trench Warfare
Evolving Artillery and Technology
Calvary shifts to infantry
Use of Poison Gas

4. WW1 : The Western Front Battle of Mons – Aug 23, 1914
Battle of Marne – Sept 1914
Battle of Ypres (x3) – October 1914
Battle of Verdun – Feb 1916
Battle of Somme – July 1916

5. Eastern front/sea, air battles
Go through the reading package given to you at the beginning of the semester.
U-Boat Campaign
Evolution of Airships

6. Ww1 on the home front Civilians in the workforce TOTAL WAR:
Food Rationing
DORA
Social Changes
Roles and status of Women

7. End of WW1 Events that contributed to the end of the war:
Bolshevik Revolution – Oct 1917
USA enters the war – April 6, 1917
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk -- March 1918
Armistice – November 11, 1918

8. INTERWAR PERIOD (Paper 1)
The Treaty of Versailles
The Big 3 (4) and each of their intentions
Wilson’s 14 points
The military, territorial and economic clauses of TOV
Article 231
Reparations

9. German reaction to the treaty
Diktat
Not based on 14 points
Economic repercussions of the TOV

10. League of Nations Overview
Created with the treaty of Versailles
Years in existence
Main countries involved (and years of membership)
Main motives of the LoN (sanctions, mandate system, military?)
Why didn’t the USA join the LoN?

11. Paris Peace Treaties
For all of the following treaties examine the who, what, where, when and why
St. Germain Rapallo
Trianon Lausanne
Neuilly
Sevres
**Not part of Paris Peace Conference**

12. League action 1920-25 1920 – Aaland Islands dispute 1923 – Corfu
1925 – Mosul
1925 – War of the Stray Dog

13. Ruhr Crisis 1923-1924 Chronicle the events of the crisis including:
Inability of Germany to pay reparations
French and Belgian occupation
Passive resistance

14. Locarno 1925 What was the purpose of the Locarno pact?
What happened to Germany as a result of this pact?

15. Manchuria Abyssinia 1931 Background Info
LoN commissions … success or failure??
What was Mussolini’s purpose in Abyssinia?
League Actions… success or failure?

16. MEANWHILE IN THE USSR (Paper 2)
Steps to Stalin’s takeover from
Main opponent
Stalin’s Policy of a self-sufficient Russia
Takeover date

17. Stalin’s totalitarianism (1928-1953)
Controlled Participation
Propaganda / Cult of the Leader
Indoctrination
Youth Control
Force and Terror
Secret Force
Article 58
Direction of Popular Discontent

18. Meanwhile In Germany! Pre-Hitler Germany (Weimar Rep.) 1918-1923
Reaction to the Versailles treaty
Reaction to WW1 loss
Invasion of the Ruhr and Hyperinflation

19. Hitler and his Rise to Power
1923 – Beer Hall Putsch … Mein Kampf
1925 – Hitler named leader of the Nazi Party. (incorporation of symbols and uniforms)
1928 – 1st time Hitler is involved in election (12 Seats in reichstag)
July 1932 – 230 Seats (most in the Reichstag)
Proportional Representation

20. Hitlers Rise cont… November 1932 – Reichstag Fire
1933– Hitler is chancellor, passes Enabling Act
June 1934 – Night of the Long Knives
Aug – Hitler declares himself Fuhrer

21. Hitler’s Techniques of Dictatorship
Controlled Participation
Propaganda / Cult of the Leader
Indoctrination
Youth Control
Force and Terror
Secret Force
Concentration Camps
Direction of Popular Discontent

22. Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Background to conflict
Major Events beginning with Franco’s rebelion in Morocco.
Nationalists vs. Republicans
Importance of International Support
Guernica

23. World War II (paper 2) Changes in tactics between the two world wars
Changes in technology between the two wars
Phoney War
Important Battles:
Dunkirk: May 24-June 4, 1940
Battle of Britain: July 1, 1940 …. Turns to the Blitz
Battle of the Atlantic:
Be familiar with the different ‘theaters’

24. Other notable campaigns
Operation Barbarossa: July – 1943
Battle of Stalingrad:
African Campaign
Pacific Campaign

25. World War II on the Home Front
New governments in Europe
Home Front in GB:
Evacuation
Conscription
Controlling Information
Rationing

26. The End of World War II D-Day VE Day Anti-Cominterm Pact Tokyo Attack
Nagasaki and Hiroshima

27. The Cold War (Paper 2)
See the Cold War Timeline!!!!

28. The End !!!!!!!!