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AP World History Unit #14 - Revolution and Nationalism and Years of Crisis (Chapters 30 and 31)
Knowledge Scale
Learning Objective: Students will understand the key political, economic, and social movements which
impacted the world in the period between World War I and World War II.
4 – I can do everything from #3, PLUS I can mentor other students to help them understand the key
beliefs and goals of Fascist, Communist, and Democratic Republican governments in the modern world.
3 – I can explain 4 or more key topics (People, Ideas, Events, etc.) for each of the following: Communists
taking over Russia and China, India’s non-violent independence movement, Western Pop Culture in the
1920s, the Worldwide Economic Depression in the 1930s, Militarism in Japan or the rise of Fascism in
Italy and Germany.
2 – I can explain 2 to 3 key topics (People, Ideas, Events, etc.) for each of the following: Communists
taking over Russia and China, India’s non-violent independence movement, Western Pop Culture in the
1920s, the Worldwide Economic Depression in the 1930s, Militarism in Japan or the rise of Fascism in
Italy and Germany
1 – I’ve heard of communists taking over Russia and China, India’s non-violent independence movement,
Western Pop Culture in the 1920s, the Worldwide Economic Depression in the 1930s, Militarism in
Japan or the rise of Fascism in Italy and Germany, but I don’t know any details about these topics.
0 – I don’t know anything about communists taking over Russia and China, India’s non-violent
independence movement, Western Pop Culture in the 1920s, the Worldwide Economic Depression in
the 1930s, Militarism in Japan or the rise of Fascism in Italy and Germany.
World War II Acronym Guide
Causes – ITS MANIA
I – Imperialism
T – Treaty of Versailles
S – System of Alliances
M – Militarism
A – Appeasement
N – Nationalism
I – Isolationism
A – Adolf Hitler
Appeasement – RASP
R – Rhine
A – Austria
S – Sudetenland
P – Poland
Axis Powers – JIG
J – Japan
I – Italy
G – Germany
Allied Powers – CBARF – Permanent Members of the UN Security Council
C – China
B – Britain
A – America
R – Russia
F - France
Tuesday, March 28th – Warm-Up #1
Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 31, Sections 1 and 2:
1. Search: What is the musical style that captured a sense of the new freedom of the post-World War I
years?
2. Search: Who developed the theory that the measurements of time and space can vary?
3. Search: All of the following increased during the Great Depression EXCEPT
a) imports and exports.
b) bank closings.
c) unemployment.
d) business failures.
4. Analyze: What do you think President Franklin D. Roosevelt meant when he said that the only thing
the United States had to fear was fear itself? (At least 1 sentence)
5. Apply: Do you believe in the American Dream, that in America if you work hard enough you can
become anything you want to be and be wealthy? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)
Warm-Up #2 – Write your new partner’s answers to the following questions:
1. What is your full name? (All middle names included)
2. What is your birthdate? (Month/Day/Year)
3. Describe the most exciting/prestigious event that you have ever attended? At least 1 sentence.
(Example: Sporting event like the Super Bowl, Musical Concert, Theatrical Play, Parade, etc.)
4. What is one food that you absolutely could not live without?
5. If money was not an issue and you could buy any three objects on earth today, what would you
purchase? Why? (At least 1 sentence for each)
Wednesday, March 29th or Thursday, March 30th – Warm-Up #3
Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 31, Section 3:
1. Search: What was the title of Hitler’s book written in the 1920s in which he argued Germany’s
defeat during World War I should be blamed on inferior members of its society, such as the Jews.
2. Search: Nazism was the German form of what Italian political theory which was developed by
Benito Mussolini?
3. Search: Hitler’s main method for achieving lebensraum was to
a) attack Jews.
b) conquer other countries.
c) form a secret police force. d) demand dictatorial power.
4. Analyze: What political and social factors led to the fall of several European democracies in the
1920s and 1930s? (List at least 2)
5. Apply: Do you believe that the United States today should take military action against dictators
worldwide? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)
Friday, March 31st – Warm-Up #4
Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 31, Section 4:
1. Search: The Chinese province of Manchuria was invaded in 1931 by what country?
2. Search: A nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939 was signed by what country?
3. Search: During Spain’s civil war, Francisco Franco was the leader of
a) Spanish rebel troops.
b) Spanish government troops.
c) Socialist troops fighting against the rebels.
d) republican troops supporting the government.
4. Analyze: How were the effects of America’s isolationism and Britain’s policy of appeasement
similar? (At least 1 sentence)
5. Apply: If you saw an elementary school kid being punched by a High School student, what would
you do? Write at least 1 sentence.
Monday, April 3rd – Warm-Up #5
Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 32, Section 1:
1. Search: Great Britain and France enter World War II because of the German invasion of which
country?
2. Search: The Battle of Britain is unique because it was the first military battle fought exclusively by
what branch of the British and German militaries?
3. Search: The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
a) a system of fortifications
b) “out-waiting” the opponent
c) surprise and overwhelming force
d) ability to make a long, steady advance
4. Analyze: Was the United States right not to join the fight against Germany when Great Britain and
France did? Explain your answer. (At least 1 complete sentence)
5. Apply: During the Battle of Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued an order requiring that
all children be sent from Britain’s major cities either to small towns in the British countryside or to
safe locations outside of Great Britain. A) Why do you think Churchill issued this order? B) Should
parents in the United States today prevent their children from witnessing violence? Why or Why not?
(At least 1 sentence)
Wednesday, April 4th – Warm-Up #6
Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 32, Section 2:
1. Search: What Japanese naval commander is famous for masterminding the attack on Pearl Harbor?
2. Search: What battle in the pacific represented a turning of the tide of the war in the Pacific against
Japan and allowed the Allies to begin taking the offensive?
3. Search: Why were the Pacific islands attacked and seized during the Allied “island hopping” chosen?
a) They were isolated and uninhabited.
b) They were farthest away from Japan.
c) They were least heavily defended by Japan.
d) They were former territories of the United States.
4. Analyze: Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? What were some of the most important consequences
of the attack? (At least 2 sentence)
5. Apply: Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States government ordered the
imprisonment of all Japanese-Americans living near the West Coast. Following the terrorist attacks on
September 11th, Why do you think that the United States did not imprison Arab Americans? At least 1
reason and 1 sentence.
Thursday, April 6th– Warm-Up #7
Answer the following questions based on your reading from Chapter 32, Section 3:
1. Search: What term did Hitler use incorrectly as a label for the Germanic people he considered the
“master race”?
2. Search: Identify two of the tactics that were used to implement the “Final Solution”.
3. Search: Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
a) Berlin
b) Warsaw
c) Auschwitz
d) Dresden
“That’s the difficulty in these times: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to meet the
horrible truth and be shattered. It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they
seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe
that people are really good at heart.”
– Anne Frank, July 15th, 1944 (The Diary of Anne Frank: The Revised Critical Edition, p.716)
4. Analyze: Why do you think Anne Frank kept a journal of her day to day life while her family was in
hiding during World War II? (At least 1 sentence)
5. Apply: What does it mean to be “good at heart”? How can you tell if someone is “good at heart”? (At
least 1 sentence)
Friday, April 7th – Easter Holiday
Supplemental Warm-Ups
(10-15 minutes) *Bell Work - “If we must die – let it not be like hogs, hunted and penned in an inglorious
spot. While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Marking their mark at our accursed lot… What
though before us lies the open grave? Like men we will face the murderous, cowardly pack, pressed to
the wall, dying but fighting back! – Claude McKay, “If We Must Die”
1. Search: What does McKay encourage African Americans in the 1920s to do? (1 sentence)
2. Analyze: a) Who do you think McKay is talking about when he says “murderous, cowardly pack”?
b) In what specific ways did the “pack” harm or “pen in” African Americans? (At least 1
sentence)
3. Apply: When, if ever, is violence justified? Give a specific example.
March 23rd, 2016 - Warm-Up Box #2
“The victor will not be asked afterwards whether he told the truth or not. When starting and waging a
war it is not right that matters, but victory. Close your hearts to pity. Act brutally. Eighty million
people (Germans) must obtain what is their right. Their existence must be made secure. The stronger
man is right.” –Adolf Hitler, August 1939
1. Search: a) What is unimportant to Hitler? B) What is important to Hitler?
2. Analyze: Why do you think leaders of other European countries in the 1930s choose to ignore
warnings about Hitler? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)
3. Apply: One of the justifications for the War in Iraq was that Saddam Hussein was similar to
Adolf Hitler. Do you believe that the United States should take military action against
dictators worldwide? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)
March 24th, 2016 – Warm-Up #3
“When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread, the community approves and joins in a
quarantine of the patients in order to protect the health of the community against the spread of the
disease… War is a contagion, whether it be declared or undeclared. It can engulf states and peoples
remote from the original scene of hostilities. We are determined to keep out of war, yet we cannot
insure ourselves against the disastrous effects of war and the dangers of involvement.” –President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 5, 1937
1. Search: According to Roosevelt, what was the United States determined to do regarding
World War II?
2. Analyze: In what ways is war similar to a “physical disease”? (At least 2 similarities)
3. Apply: If a World War III takes place in the future, what country do you think will be the
instigator? Explain your answer in at least 1 sentence.
March 24th, 2016 – Warm-Up #4
“September 29, 1938 – Four-power meeting today at 3 in Munich. Czechoslovakia continues to exist,
Germany gets the Sudetenland, probably a colony as well… For the populace on the front pages of the
German press of course the absolute success of Hitler, the prince of peace and brilliant diplomat… No
shot is fired and the German troops have been marching in since yesterday. Wishes for peace and
friendship have been exchanged with England and France…” –Victor Klemperer, Jewish Professor in
Germany
1. Search: Which two countries exchanged wishes for friendship with Germany in 1938?
2. Analyze: Why do you think democratic countries were trying to make friendships with Hitler
even after German troops had started taking territory? (At least 1 sentence)
3. Apply: If you saw an elementary school kid being punched by a High School student, what
would you do? Write at least 1 sentence.
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” –Mao Zedong
“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.” –Mohandas K. Gandhi
1. Search: a) Which two Asian countries were greatly influenced by these men? B) Which European
nation exerted imperial power in both countries?
2. Analyze: How might armed and powerful opponents respond to groups committed to
nonviolent action?
3. Apply: Which strategy do you believe is more successful in bringing long-lasting consequences?
Why?
March 31st, 2016 – Warm-Up #6
“Anti-individualistic, the Fascist conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts the
individual only in so far as his interests coincide with those of the State… War alone keys up all human
energies to their maximum tension and sets the seal of nobility on those people who have the
courage to face it.” –Benito Mussolini
1. Search: Under what condition is an individual accepted in a Fascist government?
2. Analyze: Why do you think many people in Europe supported Fascist governments in the years
between WWI and WWII? (At least 1 reason and 1 sentence)
3. Apply: Based on Mussolini’s definition of Fascism, do you consider US Academic Decathlon to be a
Fascist Institution? Explain your answer with at least 1 specific example in at least 1 sentence.
(10-15 minutes) *Bell Work – “They used to tell me I was building a dream
And so I followed the mob.
When there was earth to plow or guns to bear,
I was always there, right on the job.
They used to tell me I was building a dream
With peace and glory ahead –
Why should I be standing in line,
Just waiting for bread?
Once I built a railroad, I made it run,
Made it run against time,
Once I built a railroad, now it’s done –
Brother can you spare a dime?” – song lyrics, “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?”
1. Search: What specific jobs does the songwriter identify that were done by working class American
men? (At least 2)
2. Analyze: Does this person believe in the American dream? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)
3. Apply: Do you believe in the American Dream, that in America if you work hard enough you can
become anything you want to be and be wealthy? Why or Why not? (At least 1 sentence)