1. Chapter 23
War and Revolution

2. Section 1: The Road to World War I
Why form these loose alliances?
How big of a problem was the Balkans and Nationalism?
How was the Socialist Labor Movements a problem in Europe?

3. How did mass armies impact Europe?
How did Militarism change the way governments operated?
Was this good or bad?

4. Why did Ferdinand go to Sarajevo in June of 1914?
Why did war break out? Could it have been avoided?
Why did Russia mobilize against both Germany and Austria-Hungary?

5. How did the Schlieffen plan work?
Was this a smart move by Germany?

6. Section 3: The Russian Revolution
Why were the Russians ill prepared for World War I?
How did this lead to Revolution and their lack of will to fight?

7. How did Rasputin influence the Russian government?
Why was this bad?
Why was his assassination too late to save Russia?

8. Why was the Women’s strike in 1917 crucial to the change in government?
Why was Kerensky mistaken for staying in WWI?
How did the soviets gain power?

9. Why did the Germans send Lenin to Russia?
Why use the Bolsheviks to spread their message?
What did the Bolsheviks promise?(4)
What were the slogans that summed up the Bolshevik program?(3)

10. Why was the Bolshevik overthrow virtually bloodless?
Who really held power in the new Communist Russia?
What was Lenin’s reasoning behind the Treaty of Brest- Litovsk?

11. Why were allied forces against the Bolsheviks?
Why did the “White” forces want to defeat the communist forces?
Why execute the czar and his family?

12. Reasons why Lenin and Company won the Civil War:1. 2. 3. 4.
What does this now mean for Europe?

13. Section 4: End of World War I
How were things primed to change in 1918?
Why couldn’t the Germans take advantage of a one front war?
Why did the Central Powers hope for victory turn dim in the summer of 1918?

14. Why did the Allies refuse to meet with William II?
Why did the new democratic republic cause problems in Germany?
How did Austro- Hungarian Empire change?

15. How was Wilson Idealistic in his approach to peace?
What did he want for Europe?
Why was he up against a brick wall?

16. What did France and Great Britain want in Paris?
What was “compromised,” and why?
Treaties of Versailles, why?
Why was Germany unhappy with the peace treaty? (7)

17. Legacies of World War I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.