Use these powerpoint notes to help you study for your Unit 4 Test!

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 GuideI’m pushing out now This is an OPEN NOTE TEST!! ASK QUESTIONS!!

4. OPTION #1 – The ONE PARAGRAPH ESSAY!

5. Use the Essay Writing Guide to complete the essayTopic: “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”

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)

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. Govt’s took control over their nations’ economies

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 Wilson’s 14 Points…) The Treaty’s “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

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 Russia’s Society and Economy:

30. COLLECTIVIAZTION of FARMS

31. ACCELERATED INDUSTRIAL PRODUCITION

32. It worked: Russia’s industries GREW rapidly

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 on COMPLETE 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 FDR’s “New Deal” RELIEF, RECOVERY REFORM! Franklin Roosevelt’s 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 Hitler’s 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 Germany’s 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…”