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AP Euro 2011-2012
Mr.Burrell
Imperialism, Alliances, and War
Objectives:
1. Discuss the economic, cultural, and strategic factors behind the new wave of
European imperialism.
2. Describe the alliance system and list the various alliances before World War I
3. Analyze the various causes of World War I and how it is unique
4. Describe the Russian Revolution
5. List the peace treaties ending World War I and the problems that ensued
Calendar:
Tue 2/7
Unit IX Exam
HW: Enjoy a night off or read ahead!
[Lunch Review – Chapter 1: The Renaissance]
Wed 2/8
Discuss Imperialism & Roots and Causes of WWI
HW: Read Kagan 826-836 up to “Asia”
Thu 2/9
Graphic Organizer on the Outbreak of War (bring colored pens)
HW: Read Kagan 836-843
Study Hall – Make up any missing assignments, individual student meetings
[Lunch Review – Chapter 2: The Reformation]
Fri 2/10
Essay Friday – Read DBQ Rubrics and Grade example essays
HW: Read Kagan 843-854
Mon 2/13
Begin Propaganda Activity
HW: Read Kagan 854-862
Tue 2/14
Complete Propaganda Activity
HW: Complete Career Search Summary
Read excerpt from “All Quiet on the Western Front”
[Lunch Review – Chapter 3: Expansion and War]
Wed 2/15
Turn in Career Search (Typed summary and worksheet)
Photojourney of WWI
HW: Read Kagan 862-868
Study Hall – Review for Exam – Sorry, no Jeopardy on this one
Thu 2/16
Discuss Versailles Treaty & Sidney Fey Thesis
Russia Revolution
HW: Study for Quiz / Finish WWI Map
[Lunch Review – Chapter 4: Britain, France, and Holland]
Fri 2/17
World War I Map Due
Quiz on WWI
HW: Read Kagan TBD
AP Unit X Review Sheet
Chapter 26 – Imperialism, Alliances, and War
New Imperialism, annexation, protectorate status, “Spheres of Influence”, motives for
imperialism, scramble for Africa
Three Emperor’s League, Russo-Turkish War, Treaty of San Stefano, Congress of Berlin
(1878), results, secret Bismarck alliance with Austria, Triple Alliance, Reinsurance Treaty,
William II, Bismarck fired, Franco-Russian Alliance, British-German rivalry, Germany builds a
navy, Alfred Tirpitz, “rist” theory, “splendid isolation”, Entente Cordial or Triple Entente,
Russo- Japanese War, Fist Moroccan Crisis
Young Turks, Bosnian Crisis in 1908, Second Moroccan Crisis, the Panther, port of
Agadir, Second Balkan War in 1913, Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Black Hand,
Gavrilo Princeps, the outbreak of the war, causes of the war, the Schlieffen Plan, Helmuth von
Moltke, Western Front, Battle of Marne, Central Powers, Allies, General Paul von Hindenburg,
Eastern Front, Battle of Tannenberg, Italy switches sides, Colonel T.E. Lawrence, Battle of
Verdun, Henri Petain, unrestricted submarine warfare, Lusitania
Nicholas II, Soviet, abdication of throne, Provisional Government, duma, Mensheviks,
Bolsheviks, Alexander Kerensky, V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky, coup, reforms of the party,
“Peace, bread, and land”, Bolsheviks take control, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Civil War in Russia,
reds versus whites
General Ludendorff, Prince Max of Baden, William II abdicates, Fourteen Points,
President Woodrow Wilson, effects of war, Peace of Paris, Big Four, David Llyod George,
Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, “peace without victors”, League of Nations,
Rhineland, buffer state, creation of new states, reparations, Clause 231, John Maynard Keynes,
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
“Blank Check”, Zimmerman Note, “Total war” (not in Kagan)
Unit X: Guided Questions
The New Imperialism
1. What was the late 19c definition of the word imperialism? How has that
definition changed in the post-World War II era?
2. What were their explanations for the imperial fever that dominated most
European countries at that time?
3. Why do modern historians feel uncomfortable with these early 20c
explanations for imperialism?
4. What were some of the political, economic, social, intellectual, and military
factors that explained the sudden increase in the pace and importance of
European imperialism in the late 19c?
5. What was the emotional/ideological appeal of imperialism for many
Europeans?
6. What were the specific British and French goals in Africa? How did the
Fashoda Crisis reflect the different goals of these two countries?
7. How were the European colonial experiences in East and Southeast Asia
similar to that in Africa? How were they different?
8. Why was Japan able to withstand the pressures of European colonialism?
The Alliance Systems
9. What were the long-term origins of the “irreconcilable” differences between
the various European Great Powers in the years after 1870? Where were the
political “hotspots”?
10. Why was Bismarck called “the honest broker” of the Berlin Congress? What
did he actually “broker” there?
11. Of what significance for international relations was the rivalry for the spoils of
the Ottoman Empire?
12. Why did Austria enter into a mutual defense pact with Germany? Why did
Bismarck persuade Russia to join it in 1881?
13. What was Bismarck’s political goal in all of his diplomatic maneuverings in
the 1880s?
14. What were the terms of the Triple Alliance?
15. Why wasn’t Bismarck able to maintain an alliance between Austria-Hungary,
Germany, and Russia? Why did he negotiate the Triple Alliance?
16. How did Kaiser Wilhelm II’s actions and behavior in the 1890s antagonize the British
government?
17. Regarding the major international crises of the 1905-1911 period:
- Identify these major international crises
-what were their causes?
-How were they resolved?
- What effects did they have on the political alliances in Europe?
18. How do you know Bismarck might have handled each of these crises?
19. Why did the British become more closely allied with France by 1908? What
developments led the British to abandon their “splendid isolation”?
20. Evaluate the following statement: The statesmen of Europe became
conditioned by the many crises to believe that war could be avoided by
international conferences and compromises. by discussing these events  the First &
Second Moroccan Crises; the Bosnian Crises; the First & Second Balkan Wars.
World War I
21. What was Germany’s biggest military problem at the outbreak of World War
I? How did she intend to overcome it? Why did her plan fail?
22. Why were the military engagements on both the Western and Eastern Fronts
so deadly?
23. Why was World War I called a war of attrition?
24. What did the Allies promise Italy for her commitment to fight on their side?
25. Why could World War I be described as “the first major war of the Industrial
Revolution?”
26. Why did the U.S. enter the War in 1917? What impact did this have on the
outcome of war?
End of World War I
27. Why did the Central Powers loose World War I?
28. What was the political state of Germany immediately after her surrender to the Allies?
Settlement of Paris
29. What were the specific issues and over-riding principles expressed in
President Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
30. Identify all of the following nations that emerged after World War I from the
collapse of the old Empires.
31. Who were the “Big Four”?
32. Identify the major agreements reached at the Paris Peace Conference
concerning on German naval and military power; reparations.
33. Why was Article 231 written into the Versailles Treaty? What objections
might legitimately be raised to it?
34. To what extent was the peace settlement a victory for the principle of “self
determination?”
35. How did World War I and the peace treaties change the political structure of
Europe?
36. How did the U.S and Japan benefit most from their participation in World
War I?
37. What were some of the major mistakes made by the participants at the Paris
Peace Conference?
38. Why was there so much disillusionment after the Versailles Treaty was
signed?
Russian Revolution
39. Why was Rasputin so despised by so many groups in Russia? Why did the
Tsarina support him?
40. What actions were taken by the new provisional government to reform the old
tsarist government? Identify the different political groups that disagreed on
those actions?
41. What were the political and theoretical differences between the Mensheviks
and the Bolsheviks?
42. What was the appeal of the Bolshevik ideology to the Russian peasants and
workers?
43. Why did Kerensky’s government fail?
44. What was Lenin’s view of the state? Who would be the ruling class? What did
he mean by “the dictatorship of the proletariat?”
45. According to Lenin, when would real communism be established? What was
the difference between socialism and communism?
46. What was Lenin’s program? Why did it have more appeal? How were they
similar to those established by the Jacobins in France in 1793? Where were
the differences?
47. Why did Lenin accept the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk? What were its provisions?
Why was Lenin not that concerned with Russia’s major territorial losses?