1. It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. ~Voltaire
Unit 4 Test Review: Mandatory Session April 7
Ww2
WW1

2. How to Prepare for your Test:
Complete the Student Guides from the lessons in Unit 4 (print them out!)
Complete:
ALL the Unit 4 Checkpoints and Quizzes!!
Read the Study GuideIm pushing out now
This is an OPEN NOTE TEST!!
ASK QUESTIONS!!
3. The Test
Unit 4 Test PART I- Worth 63 Points
There are 21 multiple choice questions
You have unlimited time to take the exam
You may RETAKE the exam for a higher score (no reason to fail!)
It is DUE by Sunday, April 10th at midnight: DONT WAIT TO TAKE IT!

Unit 4 Test PART II Worth 10 Points 4. OPTION #1 The ONE PARAGRAPH ESSAY! 5. Use the Essay Writing Guide to complete the essay

Topic: In what ways were Hitler and Mussolini
similar in their philosophies and actions?
6. Part 2: Option #2! (instead of the essay)
Make a fun, creative BIOGRAPHICAL POSTERabout one of the following people:
Woodrow Wilson
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Mahatma Gandhi
Go to: www.glogster.com
7. Outbreak of World War I
The Balkan Powder Keg
8. Nationalism and Militarism: Major Causes of World War I

A sense of NATIONALUNITY and PRIDE: 9. Fueled Rivalries between European nations

(competitionto be the #1 country)

Encouraged Nations to expand their Empires

(conquering lands and adding colonies)

GROWING MILITARISM in Europe led to: 10. Built up larger armies 11. Stockpiled powerful weapons 12. Researched new technology to

perfect the art of modern warfare
13. A War of Alliances: Match the Countries!
Central Powers
(Bad Guys)
RUSSIA
GERMANY
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
SERBIA
FRANCE
BULGARIA
ITALY
BRITAIN
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
UNITED STATES
The Allies
(Good Guys)
14. WWI: A LONG and TOTAL WAR
Most Europeans believed the war would end quickly, and involve only a few countries
However, it LASTED MUCH LONGER than expected and dragged on and on
WHY?
More countries decided to join the war, both to help their allies and for personal gain
Battles were BOGGED DOWN IN TRENCH WARFARE
No country had a clear upper hand in the war

THE RESULT: 15. Countries had to commit to TOTAL WAR: 16. 1. Involves every citizen 17. 2. Requires increased industrial production 18. 3. Nations must use every resource available 19. Led to MAJORCHANGES: 20. Women joined the workforce 21. Govts took control over their nations economies 22. Planned economies replaced Capitalism

TheUnited States enters the War
At the start of the war, America wanted to STAY OUT of fighting
It was a EUROPEAN WAR, and not our problem
THEN
In 1915, a German U-Boat sunk the LUSITANIA, a defenseless passenger ship: 118 Americans died
WOODROW WILSON used this as the main reason to join the Allies in 1917
Part of his FOURTEEN POINTS for PEACE:
An end to SECRET DIPOLAMCY
Freedom of the SEAS
New association of world nations:
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
23. World War 1 comes to an END (Cease-Fire: Nov. 11,1918)
By the end of the Great War:
Millions of soldiers and civilians died (most of any war to date)
The Economies of many European nations were RUINED
THE TREATY of VERSAILLES:
The Allies wanted to PUNISH and BLAME Germany for the war:
Created the League of Nations (though it did not accept all of Wilsons 14 Points)
The Treatys War-Guilt clause angered Germans
24. The Russian Revolutions of 1917
The Revolution led to a humiliating defeat of Russia by Germany, and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II.The door was now open
Vladimir Lenin had a vision for Russia: he believed that Professional revolutionaries would seize power for the working class
In 1917, the Russian government was taken over by the Bolshevik Party(Communists)
Led by Lenin, the Soviets (Workers Unions) established a new SOCIALIST government partially based on the ideas of Karl Marx:
Suppression of religion
Elimination of political enemies
Government takeover of land and factories
25. Joseph Stalin takes over as Leader of Soviet Russia

After Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, the Bolshevik Party needed a new leader 26. Joseph Stalin had been the General Secretary of the Communist Party under Lenin 27. He ruthlessly eliminated any internal opposition to his power (exiled Leon Trotsky) 28. By 1929, he was in full command of the Soviet Union and the Red Army 29. He launched the first 5 YEAR PLANto improve Russias Society and Economy: 30. COLLECTIVIAZTION of FARMS 31. ACCELERATED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCITION 32. It worked: Russias industries GREW rapidly 33. In the process, however, millions were sent to penal labor camps, exiled or killed.

INDIA andEGYPTtake different paths to Independence
1922

EGYPT: 34. After World War I, nationalists in Egypt won their independence from Britain. 35. In 1928, an Egyptian teacher formed the Muslim Brotherhood, dedicated to ending Western influence and creating a government based onCOMPLETE ISLAMIC RULE (Theocracy: religion = law)

1947
INDIA:
Had been controlled by Great Britain since 1858
Indians were treated unequally under The Raj, wanted greater freedom and political power
Gandhi: Non-violent civil disobedience = "the strength and courage to suffer without retaliation
36. Zionism and the Battle for the Holy Land
Israel and Palestine are important to Jews and Muslims for political and religious reasons
Jews claim the land as their ancestral home
Palestinian Arab farmers had lived their for centuries
Zionism to establish an independent country for Jews around the world to return to and call home
Led to disagreements between Arabs and Jews over control of the Holy Land
Israel in 1947
Palestinian settlements
37. The Great Depressionand FDRs New Deal
RELIEF,
RECOVERY
REFORM!
Franklin Roosevelts NEW DEAL (1933 36): programs designed to pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression
38. FASCISM and COMMUNISM
To stay in power, the government must have ALL the power.
39. Adolf Hitlers Mein Kampf: the writing was on the wall
The title means
My Struggle in German
Written by Hitler while he was in prison in 1924 for attempting to overthrow the German government
In it, Hitler argues:
Germans were a Master Race
Jews were to blame for Germanys problems
Germans were destined to lead the world
Though the book was ignored outside of Germany, Hitler became famous, and his Nazi Party started to gain more and more political power
40. Coming up in Unit 5
WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)!
41. QUESTIONS???
SECRET PHRASE:
Here we go again