1. World History
SOL Review Day 3

2. European Nations building up their armies before World War I
Causes
Military
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
European Nations building up their armies before World War I
Secret Alliance between nations. Didn’t think that they would ever be call up for a war
European nations in competitions over colonies
Pride in one’s nations.
We’re the Best!

3. The Spark
Assassination of Austria’s Archduke

4. Major Events United States entering the War Russia Leaves the War
Why does Russia leave the War early?
What are the significances of these events?

5. Major Leaders Woodrow Wilson Kaiser Wilhelm II Fourteen points
Paris Peace talks
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Wanted to show how powerful Germany was
Wanted to build an Empire
Alliance with Austria-Hungary

6. Outcomes of WWI What were the outcomes and global effects of WWI?
Colonies participation in the war, which increased demand for independence
End of the Russian Imperial Family, Ottoman empire, German and Austro-Hungarian empires.
Enormous cost of the war in lives, property and social disruption

7. Treaty of Versailles
Forced Germany to accept responsibility for war and loss territory to pay reparations
Limited the German military
League of Nations
Reparations:
compensation in money, payable by a defeated country to another country or to an individual for loss suffered during or as a result of war.
That’s my idea!

8. Russian Revolution 1917 Causes Rise of Communism Lenin Stalin
Lenin’s Rule:
New Economic Policy
Government controlled major industries, banks and communication
But is allow some private ownership and allowed peasants to sell their surplus.
Stalin became Lenin’s successor
Lenin
Stalin

9. End of WWI League of Nations The Mandate system
Established to prevent future wars
Weakness:
Did not have the power to enforce its decision
During World War I, Great Britain and France agreed to divide large portions of the Ottoman Empire in the Middes east between themselves

10. The Great Depression Impact of the Worldwide Depression
High unemployment in industrial countries
Bank failures and collapse of credit
Collapse of prices in world trade
Nazi Party’s growing importance in Germany; Nazi Party’s blame of European Jews for economic collapse

11. Dictators

12. Dictators
Why did Dictators emerge in Germany, Italy, Japan and the USSR after WWI?
How did these regimes affect the world following WWI?

13. The making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war
World War II
Economic and political causes of WWII
Aggression by toleration states: Germany, Italy and Japan
Appeasement
Examples:
Hitler’s want of Rhineland
The making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid war
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14. Major Events
Battle of Britain: Bombardment of Britain's cities by the Germans.
Germans invasion of Russia.
Blitz
Total War
“lighting War” a form of warfare in which surprise attacks with fast-moving airplanes are followed by massive attacks with infantry forces
A Conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort

15. Outcome United Nations
Marshall Plan: A US program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after WWII

16. Holocaust and Genocide
Genocide: The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious or cultural group

17. Reconstruction Germany Japan
Democratic government installed in West Germany and West Berlin.
Germany and Berlin divided Emergence of West Germany as economic power in post war Europe
United States occupation of japan under MacArthur's administration
Democracy and economic developments
Elimination of Japan’s military offensive capabilities
Japan economy emerges as dominant in Asia

18. The Cold War Yalta Conference Meeting after WWII
Begins rivalry between US and USSR
Goals were to
Promote peace
Provide emergency relief
Help interim government

19. Matching of Cold War Events

20. Collapse of the Soviet Union
Soviet economic collapse forced them to pull their military out of Eastern Europe

21. Containment
A policy for preventing the expansion of communism

22. Conflicts in China Civil War between Communist and Nationalist
The nationalist fled to Taiwan at the end of the civil war.
Led by Chiang Kai-shek
Established nationalist China in Taiwan
The Communist established a communist China on the main land
Led by Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong)
Communist China participated in the Korean War

23. Vietnam Vietnam as a colony Ho Chi Minh
French did not want to give up Vietnam
As a colony, the Vietnam had little involvement in government.
Ho Chi Minh
Leader of the Communist party
Later ruled North Vietnam

24. Policy of Containment
Former colony of Vietnam is divided between North and South.
Communist in the North (independent) and South non-communist supported by the United States.
Domino theory (President Eisenhower)

25. War Break outs
Vietcong- Communist guerillas fighters in the south begin to gain strength
Containment

26. Indian Independence

27. Characteristic of African Independents
Right to self-determination (UN Charter)
Some Peaceful , some violent
Pride in African Culture and Heritage
Resentment of Imperial Rule and economic explorations

28. Middle East Independence

29. Ethnic conflicts Balkins: Yugoslavia falls apart
Made up of several different groups: Serbs, Croats, Muslims, Slovenes, Macedonians and Montenegrins
Josip Tito held Yugoslavia together till he died
Ethnic conflicts boiled over
Slovenia and Croatia-declared independence- Serb-yugoslav invaded both republic.
Ethnic cleansing of Bosnia Muslim population

30. Rwanda Ethnic Cleansing
During the Rwanda Revolution. The Hutu killed the Tutsi (Tribe clans)
During Belgium colonization: divided the Hutu and Tutsi
Belgium promoted Tutsi supremacy. Each person had a ID card. Prevented movement between social class