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What were the causes and effects of WWI?
Causes: Nationalism, militarism, imperialism, alliances, assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Effects: Massive casualties, total war, economic exhaustion, shift in global power, political instability.
What were the causes and effects of the Treaty of Versailles?
Causes: Desire to punish Germany and establish lasting peace. Effects: Punished Germany, created the League of Nations, but ultimately failed to prevent WWII.
What were the causes and effects of WWII?
Causes: Fascist expansion, rise of fascism, failure of appeasement. Effects: Unprecedented casualties, the Holocaust, rise of the US and USSR as superpowers, the beginning of the Cold War.
What were the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution?
Causes: Social inequality, economic hardship, WWI. Effects: Overthrow of the Czar, establishment of the USSR, spread of communism.
What were the causes and effects of the Great Depression?
Causes: US financial collapse, overproduction, unequal distribution of wealth. Effects: Global economic crisis, rise of extremism, increased government intervention.
What were the causes and effects of Stalin's Dictatorship?
Causes: Rapid industrialization and brutal suppression of dissent.
What were the causes and effects of Nazi Racism?
Causes: Anti-Semitism fueled the Nazi state.
What were the causes and effects of aerial bombardment?
Causes: Extensive bombing of civilian areas
What were the causes and effects of the Allied Victory?
Causes: Overwhelmed the Axis powers through combined industrial and technological strength.
What were the causes and effects of the Holocaust?
Causes: Nazi Racism: Anti-Semitism fueled the Nazi state. Effects: Systematic murder of millions of European Jews.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
His assassination in 1914 was the short-term cause of WWI.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
Led the Bolsheviks, seized power, and created the Soviet Union.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
Fascist dictator of Italy.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Nazi dictator of Germany.
Who was Stalin?
Rapid industrialization and brutal suppression of dissent.
Who was a member of the 'Lost Generation'?
Young people grappling with the aftermath of war.
Who were the Bolsheviks?
Led by Vladimir Lenin, they seized power and created the Soviet Union.
Who were the Nazi?
Anti-Semitism fueled the Nazi state.
Who was Karl Marx?
Based on the idea of communal ownership and the abolition of capitalism.
Who was a member of the Axis Power?
Germany, Italy, Japan, Vichy France
Compare communism and fascism.
Communism aims for a classless society with communal ownership, while fascism emphasizes nationalism and authoritarianism. Both are totalitarian ideologies.
Compare the causes of WWI and WWII.
WWI: Nationalism, militarism, imperialism, alliances. WWII: Fascist expansion, failure of appeasement, unresolved issues from WWI.
Compare the effects of WWI and WWII.
WWI: Massive casualties, economic exhaustion, shift in global power. WWII: Unprecedented casualties, the Holocaust, rise of the US and USSR as superpowers.
Compare the Allied Powers in WWI and WWII.
WWI: Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, US. WWII: Great Britain, Free France, USSR, China, US.
Compare the Axis Powers in WWI and WWII.
WWI: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire. WWII: Germany, Italy, Japan, Vichy France.
Compare the New Economic Policy and Stalin's Dictatorship.
New Economic Policy: Limited free-market policies under Lenin. Stalin's Dictatorship: Rapid industrialization and brutal suppression of dissent.
Compare the effect of aerial bombardment and Allied Victory.
Aerial bombardment: Extensive bombing of civilian areas. Allied Victory: Overwhelmed the Axis powers through combined industrial and technological strength.
Compare the effect of Nazi Racism and the Holocaust.
Nazi Racism: Anti-Semitism fueled the Nazi state. Holocaust: Systematic murder of millions of European Jews.
Compare the effect of blitzkrieg and trench warfare.
Blitzkrieg: German 'lightning war' tactics. Trench warfare: British troops participating in trench warfare.
Compare the effect of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.
Treaty of Versailles: Seen as too harsh by Germany and too lenient by others. League of Nations: Created to promote international cooperation, but weakened by the US refusal to join.