History of the Modern WorldHistory of the Modern WorldWar and Revolution

1917

Mrs. McArthur

Walsingham Academy

Room 111

Mrs. McArthur

Walsingham Academy

Room 111

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Major Battle Sites: WWI

Waging Total War

Nations restructured their economies to feed their war efforts. All citizens—women included—had

roles to play in the war-driven economy. The average citizen was also made a target when navies

began forming blockades to stop not only military supplies, but food and ships carrying civilians.

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Section 3: Winning the War, pp. 829-833

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Morale Collapses

With mounting death tolls and massive food shortages in most of Europe and Russia, troops

began to desert their posts. In Russia, a revolution erupted that would bring V.I. Lenin to power.

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Section 3: Winning the War

The United States Declares War

When Germany announced they would resume unrestricted submarine warfare and the German

foreign minister was discovered soliciting Mexico’s help against the United States, President

Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany.

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Victory at Last

When fresh troops arrived in Europe by the thousands, the weary German forces were no match.

Austria-Hungary were also unraveling and its subject nations seized the moment to revolt.

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The March Revolution Ends Tsarism

The deaths and civilian poverty due to World War I led to the collapse of the Russian monarchy. In its

place ruled Duma politicians. However, radical socialists led by V.I. Lenin soon took center stage.

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Section 5: Revolution and Civil War in Russia, pp. 829-833

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Lenin and the Bolsheviks

Lenin spread Marxist ideas among factory workers. He supported the implementation of socialism

through a revolution of workers.

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The November Revolution Brings The Bolsheviks to Power

Lenin promised “Peace, Land, and Bread” to the weary and starving Russian people, while the

provisional government continued with the war effort. In November 1917, factory workers and sailors

overthrew the government, and Lenin’s Bolsheviks took control.

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Section 5: Revolution and Civil War in Russia

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Russia Plunges into Civil war

A war between counter revolutionaries and Communists broke out and lasted three years. The

Allies sent troops to support the counter revolution. The Communists took extreme measures to

ensure success—forcing peasants to produce food for the army and to work in factories, executing

suspects and sending others to labor camps.

Summary: Russian Revolution and Civil War

•March, 1917 – Abdication of tsar; Provisional Government formed

•Nov., 1917 – Bolsheviks seize power in Petrograd, arrest Provisional Government

•Dec., 1917 – Lenin creates new secret police force, the CHEKA, to suppress counter-revolutionary activities (Red Terror)

•March, 1918 – Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed; Russia withdraws from war.

•1918-21 – Vicious civil war pits Bolsheviks (“Reds”) against opponents “(Whites”)

•1919 – Lenin creates Communist International, hoping to spread world revolution

•1921 – Bolsheviks win civil war; country in desperate economic straits (NEP)

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Assignment 1

1. Remembrance Test

SCA: Change of date

Lecture on Verdun has been changed to Thursday, 1/24 at 3 PM

Assignment 2Assignment 21. Read text, pp. 828. Answer questions.

2. Read text, pp. 829-831 identifying 6 bold-blue words and answering 1 Checkpoint and 2 captions’ questions.

3. Read Sourcebook Notes, slides 26-42.

4. Check your knowledge

Assignment 3Assignment 31. Read text, pp. 831-833 identifying 3 new

terms and answering 3 checkpoint questions.

2. Check your knowledge

Note:1. Chapter 26 Test: Mon. 2/6

Assignment 4Assignment 41. Read text, pp. 839-842, defining

proletariat and answering 3 Checkpoint questions.

2. Answer 2 questions, pp. 840, 841 captions.

Note:1. Chapter 26 Test: Mon. 2/6

Assignment 5Assignment 51. Read text, pp. 834-838, identifying 5 new terms and

answering 4 Checkpoint questions.

2. Infographic, pp. 835. Answer questions.

3. Map Skills Activity, pp. 837

4. Political Cartoon, pp 838

5. Review PP Notes, esp. study aides and check your knowledge

Do you agree? Comment in the light of the events discussed.

Do you agree? Comment in the light of the events discussed.

Revolutions are not made by revolutionaries. They simply pick up the pieces. Revolutions are made by those in power.