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| Explain the conditions that existed in pre-revolutionary Russia that led to revolution in 1917. |
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| Life was poor and chaotic. Czar Alexander II was assassinated and law enforcement from Alexander III was harsh and upset the people. Bloody Sunday occurred while Nicholas II was czar in the midst of widespread protest due to losses in the Russo-Japanese War (1905 Rev). Nicholas II introduced Oct. Manifesto to create a Duma but did not want to lose power. bad infrastructure, food shortages, and poor organization than with incompetent generals when he took over troops in WW1, losing the war. |
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| Explain the conditions that existed in Germany after WW1 that led to the rise of Hitler to power. |
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| Germany was in debt owing billions of dollars in reparations. The Treaty of Versailles took away land and colonies and limited militarism and trade. Weak government, Weimar Republic. The eople were desperate for change. |
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| Agree or disagree with the following statement: The Western Democracies could have prevented World War II. Provide specific examples to support your argument. |
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| They could have taken a different approach and seized the problem early on if they had stood up and addressed it with confidence. Instead the allies, esp. Britain and France, practiced a policy of appeasement which means they went along with Hitler's actions at the beginning in order to avoid starting a war. Before they could try to stop it, Germany;s military and government had become too powerful to overthrow and it became a war. The terms of the Treaty of Versailles were so harsh towards Germany, people were in desperate need of change and they ended up being violated. |
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| Explain how the negative treatment of Jews progressed from boycotts in April 1933 to the final solution in 1941. Use specific events and examples to support your answer. |
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| Boycotts began when the Jews were segregated from the Germans, who considered themselves Aryan, the master race. They began to be banned from public facilities and services and were shunned and deprived of what was once available to them, for example, they only had certain options for education, shopping, etc. The Nuremberg Race Laws came into play when these restrictions were made official and The Nazis' definition of a Jew was determined. It was no longer seen as a belief, it was anyone with Jewish family members. Kristallnacht occurred in 1938. Gassing and camps came into play, Jews no longer belonged and wore the badge and propaganda was made to reject them. In 1941 Operation Barbarossa occurred and then the Final Solution was put into action. |
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| What is the policy of containment? Discuss using the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine. |
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| The U.S.'s plan to contain Russian commnism within its borders. This policy was stated in the Truman Doctrine, which provided support to Greece and Turkey against communism in strengthening their economies. George Marshall proposed the Marshall Plan to help rebuild economy and industry of Western Europe. Now that the nations were rebuilt, they were faced with less threat of communism during the Cold War, containment was successful. |
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