AP European History



Unit 9: Post WWI, Totalitarianism & WWII (Chap. 28 & 29)

Part A: Chapter 28 Modern Philosophy, Science, and Literature (pg. 921-930)

1. Create a chart for the following people: Paul Valery / Friedrich Nietzche / Henri Bergson /

Georges Sorel / Ludwig Wittgenstein. For each provide bulleted statements that state and clarify their philosophy.

2. Create a T-Chart, for each side title Existentialism & Christian Existentialism

1) define each philosophy and provide a list of significant characteristics for each

2) identify the significant persons associated with each philosophy

3. In a time line identify the significant achievements of the following in physics:

Marie Curie / Max Plank / Albert Einstein / Ernest Rutherford / Werner Heisenberg

4. Identify psychological theory of Freud regarding human behavior and discuss its impact on

society.

5. Analyze the characteristics of modern literature and discuss the work of the following writers:

Virginia Wolf, James Joyce, Oswald Spengler, T.S. Eliot, and George Orwell

Part B: Chapter 28 Modern Art, Music, Film & Post War Diplomacy (pg. 930-939)

1. Analyze the post war changes in architecture by addressing the principles of functionalism

and the Bauhaus movement.

2. Create a chart for the following art movements: Impressionism / Expressionism / Cubism / Dadaism / Surrealism.

> For each art form: identify the main characteristics and significant artist and/or works of that

Movement

3. Analyze the changes in modern music by discussing the work of two different composers.

4. Create a T-Chart, for each side title Movies / Radio

> identify the origins of each

> identify significant works (films / radio programs)

> discuss the application of each by governments during the 1920s and 1930s.

5. Create a chart for the following nations: Great Britain / France / Germany (pg. 937-938)

> Analyze the post war actions each nation in bulleted statements – be sure to focus on how

each action undermined the lasting peace of the Treaty of Versailles

Part C: Chapter 28 Political Instability & the Great Depression (pg. 939-948)

1. Describe the Dawes plan and discuss its purpose, then draw a diagram that illustrates how

the plan functioned.

2. Identify the purpose of the following two post war agreements: Locarno, Switzerland & the

Kellogg-Briand Pact. Why could one argue that these agreements created false security?

3. Create a chart for the following nations: Germany / France / Great Britain (pg. 393-342)

* Use bulleted statements to address the following topics below for each nation during the

1920s

> Identify the significant persons

> Identify the political factions (Party’s) & struggles

> Identify the economic & social developments

4. Identify the long term economic causes of the 1920s that led up to the stock market crash of

1929.

5. Explain how the economic collapse of the United States led to global economic depression.

6. Create a chart with the following headings: Mass Unemployment / The New Deal / The Scandinavian Response / Recovery & Reform in Britain and France.

> Identify specific facts and/or programs associated with each topic in bulleted statements

Part D: Chapter 29 Totalitarianism & The Soviet Union (pg. 953-963)

1. Create a T-Chart: for each side title Authoritarianism / Totalitarianism

> Identify the characteristics for each title in bulleted statements

2. Discuss the compromises made by Lenin following the Civil War of 1918-1920

3. Identify the reasons Stalin was able to gain power over the more popular Trotsky.

4. Create a chart for the following titles: Ideological / Political / Domestic

> For each identify the reasons for Stalin’s “Second Revolution”

5. Analyze the process of Collectivization in the Soviet Union by discussing its purpose and

consequences.

6. Why was the industrial side of the five-year plans considered a success?

7. Create a T-Chart: each side label Positive / Negative (pg. 961-963)

> Identify the cultural and social effects of Communism in the Soviet Union by categorizing

them as positive or negative

8. Analyze Stalin’s purges and their overall effect on the Soviet Union.

Part E: Chapter 29 Fascism & Nazism (pg. 964-971)

1. Read the seizure of power (pg. 964-965) – create a timeline of the major events from 1912 to

Oct. 1922 that resulted in the creation of a fascist state in Italy.

2. Identify the methods and actions Mussolini took to consolidate his power from 1924 on.

3. Identify the experiences of Hitler’s early life that influenced him as dictator of Germany.

4. Create a timeline of Hitler’s rise to power from 1923 to his appointment as Chancellor in

1933.

5. Create a chart with the following headings: Reichstag / Domestic / Military / Anti-Semitism

> for each topic - bullet significant facts that address Hitler’s consolidation of power from

1933 to 1938

6. Identify the factors that led to Hitler’s increased popularity in German during the 1930’s.

Part F: Chapter 29 Nazi Expansion & World War II (pg. 971-984)

1. Create a timeline that identifies the steps of German expansionism providing a summary for

each of the following events:

March 1936 German occupation of the demilitarized zone

1936 Rome-Berlin Axis

1936 Spanish Civil War

March 1938 Annexation of Austria

September 1938 Munich Conference

March 1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia

August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

September 1, 1939 – German Invasion of Poland

2. Describe the Battle of Britain and analyze its importance in the outcome of the war.

3. What “unreasonable” step did Hitler take in June of 1941 and how did this action change the

course of the war?

4. Why and how did the United States enter the war?

5. What was Hitler’s New World Order, and what steps did he take in an attempt to accomplish

it?

6. Identify specific actions the Grand Alliance took to combat Germany and its allies in Europe.

7. What were the battles of Stalingrad and Coral Sea, and how did each turn the tide of war in

their respective theatres (Europe / Pacific).

Chapter 28 The Age of Anxiety pg. 921-948

Terms: Persons:

1. Logical Empiricism 9. Paul Valery

2. Existentialism 10. Gabriel Marcel

3. Freudian Psychology 11. John Maynard Keynes

4. Stream-of-consciousness technique 12. Leon Blum

5. Dawes Plan

6. Mein Kampf

7. The New Deal

8. Popular Front

Chapter 29: ID-Sigs Dictatorships and the Second World War (pp. 953 – 984)

Terms: Persons:

1. Fascism 17. Joseph Stalin

2. Five-Year Plans 18. Benito Mussolini

3. Kulaks 19. Adolf Hitler

4. “The Great Purge” 20. Karl Lueger

5. Black Shirts 21. Neville Chamberlain

6. Lateran Agreement of 1929 22. Winston Churchill

7. Nazism 23. Philippe Petain

8. Enabling Act 24. Dwight D. Eisenhower

9. Nuremberg Laws 25. Charles de Gaulle

10. “Kristallnacht”

11. Spanish Civil War

12. Munich Conference

13. Axis Powers

14. Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact

15. Holocaust

16. Unconditional Surrender

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