Unit SIX L:
World Wars
(1900CE - 2015 CE)
The study of the first half of the 20th century explores the two world wars; revolution and change in Russia; the rise of democracy and tyranny; the women's suffrage movement; the expansion of global militarism and imperialism; the colonial response to imperialism; and the Great Depression. The problems and paradoxes that were faced during this era shaped the forces that are moving our contemporary world.
Guided Notes / Hand Outs / Printable Materials
Focus Questions & Vocabulary of Revolutions
Focus Questions - WWI
- What roles did militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, and ethnic conflict play in the outbreak of World War I?
-What was the trigger point for the begining of WWI? - Why was the rivalry over Alasace and Lorraine important as a cause of WWI? - What was the consequence of Germany backing Austria Hungary prior to the start of WWI? - What were the results of the military tensions over the Blakan states territory? •Why might the German, French, and British view the causes of World War I differently? •How did technological advances affect the course of World War I? •What role did women play in World War I? How did those roles give momentum to the women’s suffrage movements? •How can the Armenian massacre be defined as a genocide? •What were the political, social, and economic causes and consequences of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire? - What were the terms of unrestricted sumarine warfare? What were the impacts of the sinking of British and U.S. vessels? - What was the purpose of the Zimmermann Telegram and what were the impacts of it in relation to WWI? •What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? -Did these terms contribute to the rise of Fascism and Nazism, and the outbreak of World War II? •How did the arts and propaganda reflect sentiments regarding this war? Focus Questions - Russian Revolution
What were the causes of the Russian Revolution of 1905?
• How did the various social, political, and economic groups view the Russian Revolution? • To what extent was World War I a cause of the March and October Revolutions? - How was the 1917 victory of the communists in Russia a contraditions of Marxist theory? • Why did a communist revolution occur in Russia rather than in a more industrialized nation? - how did the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II help pave the way for revolution in Russia? - What was Russians fear about westernizations in the first decades of the 19th century rooted in? • What roles did Trotsky, Lenin, and Kerensky play in the Bolshevik takeover? • How did the United States' reaction to the Bolshevik Revolution differ from its reaction to the March Revolution? Why? • How were women involved in the Russian Revolutions? • What steps did the Communists take to industrialize the Soviet Union? • To what extent did the Stalinist regime respect the human rights of the various ethic groups that lived within the Soviet Union? Focus Questions - Great Depression/ crisis
To what extent did the Treaty of Versailles set the stage for World War II?
•How did the League of Nations plan to deal with future international conflicts? • Why did Kemal Atatűrk establish the policies of modernization and westernization for Turkey? • How did women’s participation in the social and economic well-being of their countries during World War I help foster their right to vote in national elections? • What were the causes the Great Depression? What was it? • Why did the Japanese adopt policies of militarism and imperialism? • What impact did Japanese occupation have on China? •Why did Britain and France practice a policy of appeasement between the wars? • During the time period between the wars, what was the colonial response to European imperialism? Focus Questions -Focus QuestionsFocus Questions - |
Vocabulary - WWI
alliances
massacres Allied Powers Moroccan Crisis Serbian Nationalism Black Hand Triple Alliance diplomacy militarism Armenians mobilize armistice nationalism blockade neutral Central Powers propaganda entente stalemate ethnic conflict suffrage Fascism technological change Fourteen Points total war poison gas zepplin submarine warfare u-boat Gallipoli Campaign gender roles Treaty of Versailles gender status trench warfare Paris Peace Conference Liberty Bonds conscription rationing mandates genocide victory gardens home front Young Turks imperialism Vocabulary - Revolution
abdicate
Marxism Bolsheviks Mensheviks bourgeoisie NEP (New Economic Policy) Bloody Sunday peasants collectivization proletariat command economy Provisional Government communism purge counter revolution Social Revolutionaries czar Soviet Duma Soviet Realism five-years plans totalitarian state Kulaks Treaty of Brest Litovsk Vocabulary - Great Depression / ciris
Ahimsamatriarchycivil disobediencemodernizationdepressionnationalismfacismNazismFourth Reform Bill (1918)propagandaFifth Reform Bill (1928)reparationsGuomindang Satyagraha harijanstalemateimperialismsuffrageIndian National Congresswesternization League of NationsWomen’s Temperance Leaguemandate systemWomen’s Labour League
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