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- 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?"
- Why was Bismarck called "the honest broker" of the Berlin Congress?
What did he actually "broker" there?
- Of what significance for international relations was the rivalry
for the spoils of the Ottoman Empire?
- Why did Austria enter into a mutual defense pact with Germany?
Why did Bismarck persuade Russia to join it in 1881?
- What was Bismarck's political goal in all of his diplomatic
maneuverings in the 1880s?
- What were the terms of the Triple Alliance [see
doc. on pg. 966]?
- Why wasn't Bismarck able to maintain an alliance between
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia? Why did he negotiate the
Triple Alliance?
- How did Kaiser Wilhelm II's actions and behavior in the 1890s
antagonize the British government?
- 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?
- How do you think Bismarck might have handled each of these crises?
- Why did the British become more closely allied with France by 1908?
What developments led the British to abandon their "splendid isolation?"
- 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 Crisis; the First & Second Balkan Wars.
- Why did Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife go to the Bosnian
capital of Sarajevo in 1914?
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Assignment #2 |
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- HOH: "Who is to blame for
starting World War I?"
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Assignment #3 |
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- 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?
- Why were the military engagements on both the Western and Eastern
Fronts so deadly?
- Why was World War I called a war of
attrition?
- What did the Allies promise Italy
for her commitment to fight on their side?
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How was life on the home front affected by the war?
- How was civilian morale maintained in the face of "total war?"
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Why were the Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires less
able to adapt and adjust to the new challenges presented by a modern
global war?
- How did the role of women in the
workplace change during World War I [see the
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on pg. 837]?-
Why could World War I be described as "the first major
war of the Industrial Revolution?"
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Why did the U. S. enter the War in 1917? What impact did
this have on the outcome of the war?
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Assignment #4 |
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- textbook: end of pg. 839 to
mid-pg. 842.
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- Why did the Central Powers loose World War I?
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How was the Arab Revolt and the political deals made between Britain,
France, and the Jewish and Arab communities within Europe and the
Ottoman Empire a portend of future problems in the Middle East?
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How did the war itself have some of the effects of a
revolution?
- What was the political state of
Germany immediately after her surrender to the Allies?
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Which social classes in European society fared better
from the war? Which were less fortunate? Why the
differences?
- How does war affect the social
mores of a nation?
- What was the psychological
impact of of World War I on Europeans?
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How
did World War I affect the economies of most European countries?
What role did war technology play in this transformation?
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What were the demographic changes brought about by
World War I?
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Assignment #5 |
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- What were the specific issues and over-riding principles expressed
in President Wilson's Fourteen Points?
- Identify all of the following nations that emerged after World War
I from the collapse of the old Empires.
- Why did the Marxists feel that post-World War I Germany was ripe
for a communist revolution?
- Who were the "Big Four?"
- Identify the major agreements reached at the Paris Peace
Conference concerning the following: territorial changes;
disposition of the German colonies; restriction on German naval
and military power; reparations.
- Why was Article 231 written into the Versailles Treaty? What
objections might legitimately be raised to it?
- Why was Italy a "problem" for the other Allies at the Paris Peace
Conference?
- How were the conflicting interests in the Middle East "resolved"
after World War I?
- What were the differences between Class A, B, and C League of
Nations mandates? Why were they created by the League in the
first place?
- To what extent was the peace settlement a victory for the
principle of "self-determination?"
- How did World War I and the peace treaties change the political
structure of Europe?
- How did the U. S. and Japan benefit most from their participation
in World War I?
- What were some of the major mistakes made by the participants at
the Paris Peace Conference?
- Why was there so much disillusionment after the Versailles Treaty
was signed?
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Quizzes:
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Textbook Quiz -->
chapter 27
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B
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Outlines / Lecture Notes:
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"1848-1914" (Mr. Mercado)
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"1914-1945" (Mr. Mercado)
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"World War I" (Paul Halsall, Fordham University)
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"World War I"
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lecture outline --> "A New World
Order: Imperialism and World War I" (Prof. David McGee, Central
Virginia Community College)
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Review Sheets:
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Giant
EHAP Review Sheet by a student from the class of '04, Horace Greeley HS
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chart --> "Social History Study Guide" (Mr. Mercado)
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chart --> "Economics Development Study Guide" (Mr. Mercado)
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chart --> "The Rise of Constitutionalism and Liberalism" (Mr. Mercado)
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Ten Commandments of Good Historical Writing
College Board A. P. European History Course Description (.pdf file) |
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