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Unit 6: Study Guide I. World War I The world in 1900 The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) Why is Bismarck considered to be a brilliant leader? What impact on Europe did the Franco-Prussian War have? How was the Franco-Prussian War a long-term cause of WWI? This study guide is meant only to help guide you to prepare for Test #6. It is not very detailed you should go over every page in your Unit 6 packet to best prepare for the test. Causes of WWI: MAIN or NAMI The Road to war Self-determination The July Crisis Schlieffen Plan WWI: “Miracle of the Marne” New weapons Battles the Somme WWI ends: USA enters war: Why? 1. Lusitania 2. Zimmerman Telegram Failed Peace: The Treaty of Versailles Ignoring of Wilson’s “Peace With Honor (14 Points) “War Guilt” Anger in the Middle East 1. Mandate System 2. Balfour Declaration II. The Russian Revolutions of 1917 Why was Czar Nicolas II and his wife so unpopular in Russia? February Revolution International Women’s Day Riot October Revolution Lenin’s April Thesis III. The Mexican Revolution 1910 Revolution: Villa and Zapata USA’s invasion of Mexico Success/Failures of Mexican Revolution IV. The Age of Anxiety (1918-1939) Freud, Einstein and Orwell Disaster in Germany: hyperinflation, Dawes Plan, Fall of the Weimer Republic Totalitarianism in the Soviet Union The Rise of Hitler V. Rise of Dictators in Europe and World War II Operation Barbarossa Stalingrad D-Day Battle of Berlin War in the Pacific Pearl Harbor Attack (why?) Genocide and the Holocaust VI. AP China (Modern China) Revolution of 1911: (Sun Yat-Sen and Pu Yi) Chiang Kai-shek: KMT’s war against the communists Rise of Mao Zedong (peasant leader) Mao’s “Long March” War with Japan and World War II Mao’s Revolution of 1949 (“Red China”) Establishment of the PRC Maoism Two Chinas: PRC and Taiwan The Korean War (1950-53) The Great Leap Forward (1958-1966) The Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) The Deng Xiaoping Era (1978-1997) Modernization Capitalism “It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice” VII. Decolonization (The end of imperialism in Asia and Africa) India’s Independence Gandhi Peaceful resistance Independence: 1947 Partition of India Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Gandhi vs Ho Chi Minh (peaceful resistance versus war) Battle of Dien Bien Phu American involvement in Vietnam (1965-1973) VIII. Modern Problems in the Middle East Birth of Israel Zionism, Dreyfus Affair, Balfour Declaration 1979 Iranian Revolution The Shah Operation Ajax 1979 Iranian Revolution IX. The Cold War Fall of the Soviet Union (1991) Gorbachev Perestroka Glasnost 1991 Revolution KGB failed to take back the USSR, Yeltsin, Rise of Putin (2000) X. The World Today China’s economic power Global Terrorism Russia today