Bell Ringer What are the three reasons that the United States got involved in WWI?

Bell Ringer

What are the three reasons that the United States got involved in WWI?

16.2 Review Questions

COPY THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER AND ANSWER COMPLETELY. Worth 18 Points

1. Why did Germany declare war on France? 2. Which countries made up the Central Powers? 3. Which countries made up the Allied Powers? 4. Why did Germany declare war on France first? 5. Why was the Battle of the Marne so significant? 6. What were the characteristics of trench warfare? 7. What factors contributed to Russia’s war difficulties? 8. Why was Russia’s involvement in the war so important to

the other Allies? 9. Compare and contrast the war on the Eastern and Western

fronts.

People of WWI

Using your notes and textbook, Identify the following:

1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand

2. Gavrilo Princip

3. General Alfred von Schlieffen

3. Emporer Wilhelm II

4. Czar Nicholas II

5. Woodrow Wilson

6. Vladimir Lenin

7. Lawrence of Arabia

8. David Lloyd George

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

16-3

A Review…

Background to the Revolution

Revolution of 1905

Political Issues -Alexander III

Political Issues –Nicholas II

Beginnings of Upheaval

Peasant from Siberia At 18, joined

monastery to turn life around

Mystic & healer Trusted advisor to

Romanovs Favorite of Czarina

Alexandra Hated by the public

Grigory Rasputin

Rasputin

Murder of Rasputin

Served cakes & wine laced with cyanide

Shot 2-3 times in chest and forehead

Clubbed and beaten Thrown in the icy Neva River Autopsy claimed official

cause of death = hypothermia and drowning

March Revolution

The Rise of Lenin

Lenin’s Marxism

November Revolution

Led by Bolsheviks Lenin & Leon Trotsky in 1917 Promised “Peace, Land, and Bread” Bolsheviks seize govt. offices in Petrograd Next day, Trotsky leads the Red Guard to

Winter Palace & overthrow Kerensky’s govt. without bloodshed

A Socialist State

Civil War Breaks Out

Lenin & Trotsky disagree about true nature of movement

Reds vs. Whites Reds = Communists led by Lenin & Trotsky Whites = Counterrevolutionaries loyal to

the czar 14 million Russian die during 3 year Civil

War, including royal family Red Army wins

Lenin Restores Order

Continued…

Assignment

Read “The Mystery of Anastasia” on page 316 and write : 2 Facts You Learned 1 fact you found interesting

Standard: Make a pictorial timeline of the Russian

Revolution Include 8 Events

Assignment

Honors Pretend you are a journalist and write a

newspaper article on one of the events covered in WWI.

Remember to include who, what, where , when, why & how

Include a graphic Ex: Lusitania Sunk: America Enters WAR!!!

Heir to the thrown shot!!! A-H Declares War on Serbia