Chapter 20-21 Comprehension Flashcards
Lack of leadership in WW1 led to Russia’s
Overthrow of tsar by LENIN and the bolsheviks and withdrawal from WW1
How did British weaken the Ottoman Empire during WW1
Making internal rebellion of Arab nationalists against sultan AND promising Zionists Jewish home in Palestine - Jews drive for independence
How did WW1 all start
Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia bc Serbian group killed archduke Ferdinand of Austria
Consequence of WW1 for women
Lots of jobs filled by women
Middle/upper class= said supporting war effort was liberating
Working class= war brought few changes cuz most already worked outside their homes
WAGE GAP NEVER CHANGED
When war was over what happened to traditional roles in society
Men returned and traditional roles resumed however voting rights were extended to women in Brit/Germany Austria- US
After the 1st Russian rev took power from the tsar the new gov was led by who
What’s the name of the new country
They addressed what
VI LENIN
Union of soviet socialists republic
They addressed the civil war
The end of WW1 the Soviet Union did what
Signed BREST-LITOVSK treaty w Germans have W Russia as concession Germans too occupied w new land can’t face forces on W front against US abdication of German king and habsburg fam failed
CENTRAL PWRS SURRENDERED END OF WAR
Post war diplomacies WW1
At Versailles
What were the terms for Germany
War guilt - Germany thought was unfair for one country blamed for starting war
Territorial losses ( mandates)
Military restrictions - so Germany can’t ever start war again
Creation of LON ( Germany & Russia not represented)
Mandates violated Balfour declaration so
Ataturk made a Turkish Republic and rest of ME was divided as mandates they all wanted control and fragmented and HATED west
Middle East was left fragmented and hated west
Russia lost was w Japan in rev 1905 which led to
Uprisings against TSAR. Nicholas 2 he made a duma and const but was too late too many Russians supported marxs vision of egalitarian society
Alexander kerensky
Supported religious freedoms NOT land distributions which led to unrest THEN LENIN CAME BACK FROM EXILE LEAD 2nd rev
Many secret societies in china were unhappy w China’s loss of power led to REV 1911 and leader was who and what he want
Sun yatsen
Wanted a republican form of gov
Fascist regimes and women
Limited women’s rights declining birth rate
Stalins collective farming after lenins death led to
Kulaks
Global causes of WW2
Japan’s expansion - conflicts in Asia
Europe - encouraged military aggression
