1. World History! 1.Get out HW, put name on it, pass it up 2.Write down HW (on front board) 3.Get out Trench Warfare reading questions 4.Label looseleaf ‘Progression of WWI Shifts’

2. Progression of WWI Shifts: US Entry and Russian Revolution

3. Warm-Up: Think about the recent revolutions in the Middle East along with others we’ve studied this year… –What factors led to these revolutions? –Are they justified? Explain

4. What took place in 1917 that changed the progression of the war? Who had the upper hand?

5. U.S Entry 1917 The U.S and WWI http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=BC2237FA-3B9C- 41CA-B3CA-DDADE34AA4BD&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

6. Russian Revolutions (1905)-1917 Unrest brewing at home forces Russia to leave the war in 1917…

8. Causes of Russian Revolutions Russia was defeated in war with Japan in 1905 Bloody Sunday 1905 Angry peasants (no land or food) Incompetent leader- Czar Nicolas II Military defeats and high casualties in World War I Russia entered World War I as an absolute monarchy with a great divide between classes. The grievances of workers and peasants were not resolved by the Czar. This led to revolution…

9. Who were the Bolsheviks? Means "majority" in Russian Became the communist party in Russia Promised to improve working conditions The Bolsheviks financed their work by party supported robberies –referred to as “regrettable necessities”. Only individuals or institutions carrying state funds were targeted. Leader of Bolsheviks = V.I. Lenin. “We cannot be guided by the mood of the masses; that is changeable and unaccountable. The masses have given their confidence to the Bolsheviks and ask from them not words but deeds.” (Lenin)

10. V.I. Lenin Sent into exile during 1 st Russian Revolution Brought back to Russia by the German government Led “Reds” in the civil war against the “Whites” 1918 Russian Empire collapsed Lenin = 1 st premier of the new Soviet Union in 1922

11. What happened to the royal family?

12. The last Czar of Russia, Czar Nicholas II. Czar and family sitting for a portrait, just before they were gunned down by the Bolsheviks. Rasputin Rasputin and the Romanovs http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?g uidAssetId=E2CF0A3E-3DF0-4460-8F80- D68A0F5ADDC6&blnFromSearch=1&productcode= US

13. Aftermath of Romanov Execution by Bolsheviks

14. Anastasia is still alive! (No- she isn’t  ) 2007: DNA of bone fragments prove all members of family were killed (contrary to what Disney says-sorry!)

15. How does this relate to our study this year? 1.Change from absolute leadership 2.Revolution-people demanding individual rights 3.Communist government Major power in WW2 & Cold War