20th Century Cause and Effect Causes Effects M_____________________ -Colonial participation increased demand for independence A_____________________ I______________________ N______________________ + The Spark…The assassination of the___________________ World War I -End of 4 empires: ______________________, ___________________, Russia and Germany -Enormous cost in lives, property and society 20th Century Cause and Effect Causes Effects -Humiliating defeat against country of __________________in 1905 -Peasants were landless -Incompetent rule of Tsar__________________ -Military defeats and massive casualties during __________________I -Bolshevik Revolution succeeds ending Tsar’s rule Russian Revolution -Lenin introduced New Economic Policy implementing the economic system of _______________________ -Lenin’s successor, ________________________, created a communist dictatorship 20th Century Cause and Effect Causes Effects -German war reparations ruin European economy -High protective tariffs restrict trade - Too much credit granted by banks -____________ __________ Crash of 1929 -High Unemployment __________ __________ -Bank Failures and collapse of credit -Collapse of prices in world trade -_______________Party grows in popularity in Germany -______________were blamed for Germany’s problems 20th Century Cause and Effect Causes Effects -Aggressive totalitarian powers in countries of ____________, _________________and ______________ -Failure of the Treaty of__________________ -Weaknesses of the League of____________________ -Failure of Appeasement policy by countries of ____________ and ________________ -US remained isolated -European powers lose their empires __________ __________ -Establishment of 2 superpowers: US and ___________________ -Nazis are tried for war crimes at____________________ -Europe was divided between Communist and Non-Communist by an _______________Curtain -Establishment of United__________________ -__________________Plan was meant to rebuild Europe 20th Century Cause and Effect Causes Effects -Soviets take over Eastern________________ -Rivalry between USSR and_________________ -Democracy and Free enterprise v. dictatorship and __________________ -President _______________ introduced _____________ Policy (keep communism from spreading) -Creation of North Atlantic_________________ _________________ Cold War -An ________________race between US and USSR -Conflict between Communist North Korea v. US supported _______________Korea -Conflict between Communist North_________________ v. US supported South ___________________ -Cold War reaches a peak at the Cuban_____________Crisis -Symbol of the Cold WAR was the ______________Wall -