Unit 9: Post WWI, Totalitarianism & WWII (Chap. 28 & 29)
Part A: Chapter 28 Modern Philosophy, Science, and Literature (pg. 921-930)
1. Create a chart for the following people: Paul Valery / Friedrich Nietzche / Henri Bergson /
Georges Sorel / Ludwig Wittgenstein. For each provide bulleted statements that state and
clarify their philosophy.
2. Create a T-Chart, for each side title Existentialism & Christian Existentialism
1) define each philosophy and provide a list of significant characteristics for each
2) identify the significant persons associated with each philosophy
3. In a time line identify the significant achievements of the following in physics:
Marie Curie / Max Plank / Albert Einstein / Ernest Rutherford / Werner Heisenberg
4. Identify psychological theory of Freud regarding human behavior and discuss its impact on
society.
5. Analyze the characteristics of modern literature and discuss the work of the following writers:
Virginia Wolf, James Joyce, Oswald Spengler, T.S. Eliot, and George Orwell
Part B: Chapter 28 Modern Art, Music, Film & Post War Diplomacy (pg. 930-939)
1. Analyze the post war changes in architecture by addressing the principles of functionalism
and the Bauhaus movement.
2. Create a chart for the following art movements: Impressionism / Expressionism / Cubism /
Dadaism / Surrealism.
> For each art form: identify the main characteristics and significant artist and/or works of that
Movement
3. Analyze the changes in modern music by discussing the work of two different composers.
4. Create a T-Chart, for each side title Movies / Radio
> identify the origins of each
> identify significant works (films / radio programs)
> discuss the application of each by governments during the 1920s and 1930s.
5. Create a chart for the following nations: Great Britain / France / Germany (pg. 937-938)
> Analyze the post war actions each nation in bulleted statements – be sure to focus on how
each action undermined the lasting peace of the Treaty of Versailles
Part C: Chapter 28 Political Instability & the Great Depression (pg. 939-948)
1. Describe the Dawes plan and discuss its purpose, then draw a diagram that illustrates how
the plan functioned.
2. Identify the purpose of the following two post war agreements: Locarno, Switzerland & the
Kellogg-Briand Pact. Why could one argue that these agreements created false security?
3. Create a chart for the following nations: Germany / France / Great Britain (pg. 393-342)
* Use bulleted statements to address the following topics below for each nation during the
1920s
> Identify the significant persons
> Identify the political factions (Party’s) & struggles
> Identify the economic & social developments
4. Identify the long term economic causes of the 1920s that led up to the stock market crash of
1929.
5. Explain how the economic collapse of the United States led to global economic depression.
6. Create a chart with the following headings: Mass Unemployment / The New Deal / The
Scandinavian Response / Recovery & Reform in Britain and France.
> Identify specific facts and/or programs associated with each topic in bulleted statements
Part D: Chapter 29 Totalitarianism & The Soviet Union (pg. 953-963)
1. Create a T-Chart: for each side title Authoritarianism / Totalitarianism
> Identify the characteristics for each title in bulleted statements
2. Discuss the compromises made by Lenin following the Civil War of 1918-1920
3. Identify the reasons Stalin was able to gain power over the more popular Trotsky.
4. Create a chart for the following titles: Ideological / Political / Domestic
> For each identify the reasons for Stalin’s “Second Revolution”
5. Analyze the process of Collectivization in the Soviet Union by discussing its purpose and
consequences.
6. Why was the industrial side of the five-year plans considered a success?
7. Create a T-Chart: each side label Positive / Negative (pg. 961-963)
> Identify the cultural and social effects of Communism in the Soviet Union by categorizing
them as positive or negative
8. Analyze Stalin’s purges and their overall effect on the Soviet Union.
Part E: Chapter 29 Fascism & Nazism (pg. 964-971)
1. Read the seizure of power (pg. 964-965) – create a timeline of the major events from 1912 to
Oct. 1922 that resulted in the creation of a fascist state in Italy.
2. Identify the methods and actions Mussolini took to consolidate his power from 1924 on.
3. Identify the experiences of Hitler’s early life that influenced him as dictator of Germany.
4. Create a timeline of Hitler’s rise to power from 1923 to his appointment as Chancellor in
1933.
5. Create a chart with the following headings: Reichstag / Domestic / Military / Anti-Semitism
> for each topic - bullet significant facts that address Hitler’s consolidation of power from
1933 to 1938
6. Identify the factors that led to Hitler’s increased popularity in German during the 1930’s.
Part F: Chapter 29 Nazi Expansion & World War II (pg. 971-984)
1. Create a timeline that identifies the steps of German expansionism providing a summary for
each of the following events:
March 1936 German occupation of the demilitarized zone
1936 Rome-Berlin Axis
1936 Spanish Civil War
March 1938 Annexation of Austria
September 1938 Munich Conference
March 1939 German occupation of Czechoslovakia
August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
September 1, 1939 – German Invasion of Poland
2. Describe the Battle of Britain and analyze its importance in the outcome of the war.
3. What “unreasonable” step did Hitler take in June of 1941 and how did this action change the
course of the war?
4. Why and how did the United States enter the war?
5. What was Hitler’s New World Order, and what steps did he take in an attempt to accomplish
it?
6. Identify specific actions the Grand Alliance took to combat Germany and its allies in Europe.
7. What were the battles of Stalingrad and Coral Sea, and how did each turn the tide of war in
their respective theatres (Europe / Pacific).
Chapter 28 The Age of Anxiety pg. 921-948
Terms:
1. Logical Empiricism
2. Existentialism
3. Freudian Psychology
4. Stream-of-consciousness technique
5. Dawes Plan
6. Mein Kampf
7. The New Deal
8. Popular Front
Persons:
9. Paul Valery
10. Gabriel Marcel
11. John Maynard Keynes
12. Leon Blum
Chapter 29: ID-Sigs Dictatorships and the Second World War (pp. 953 – 984)
Terms:
Persons:
1. Fascism
2. Five-Year Plans
3. Kulaks
4. “The Great Purge”
5. Black Shirts
6. Lateran Agreement of 1929
7. Nazism
8. Enabling Act
9. Nuremberg Laws
10. “Kristallnacht”
11. Spanish Civil War
12. Munich Conference
13. Axis Powers
14. Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
15. Holocaust
16. Unconditional Surrender
17. Joseph Stalin
18. Benito Mussolini
19. Adolf Hitler
20. Karl Lueger
21. Neville Chamberlain
22. Winston Churchill
23. Philippe Petain
24. Dwight D. Eisenhower
25. Charles de Gaulle