Video: “Lost Peace: Ideals for a United World Fail”
Name: ___________________________ Date: ________________________
1. What have you learned about the following concepts, individuals and/or
events (14 Marks):
a. Woodrow Wilson:
b. League of Nations:
c. Yankee (American) Isolationism:
d. German reparations:
e. Spanish Civil War:
f. Invasion of Ethiopia:
g. The rise of Hitler:
2. Explain, in the context of the video, what the following quote means (5
Marks):
“The morning of November 11, 1918, Harry met me about 100 yards from
the battery position… He had a piece of white paper, just about as big as
your hand. It says, ‘Cease firing on all fronts – 11/11/18 General
Perishing.’ I thought that was the prettiest piece of paper I ever saw.”
3. Explain how the effects of World War I led directly to the rejection of
Liberalism in Europe and/or Japan (i.e. Hitler, Mussolini, government of
Japan). (5 Marks)
Video: “Red Flag: Communism in Russia”
Name: ___________________________ Date: ________________________
1. What have you learned about the following concepts, individuals and/or
events (20 Marks):
a. Storming of the Winter Palace:
b. Lenin and his death:
c. Bolsheviks:
d. Mass literacy campaigns:
e. Stalin:
f. Five Year Plans:
g. Collectivization:
h. Kulaks:
i.
Show Trials:
j.
Purges:
2. Explain, in the context of the video, what the following quote means (5
Marks):
“What I liked was the promise of a happy, classless society in the future, in
which everyone would enjoy all the good created by society” ~ Ella
Shistyer (student and electrical engineer summing up the promises of
Communism)
3. Provide and discuss at least two examples of the rejection of Liberalism
found in the video. (4 Marks)
Video: “Master Race: Nazism Overtakes Germany”
Name: ___________________________ Date: ________________________
1. What have you learned about the following concepts, individuals and/or
events (18 Marks):
a. Hitler
b. Annexation of Austria
c. Book Burning
d. Treatment of Jews
e. Invasion of Poland
f. The Ghettos
g. The “Final Solution”
h. Concentration Camps
i.
Hitler Youth
2. Explain, in the context of the video, what the following quote means (5
Marks):
“I believe no statesman has ever been as loved as Hitler was then.”
~ Luise Essig on Hitler’s rise to power
3. What was the perspective of the following groups (8 Marks Total):
a. Gypsies (Roma) on life before Hitler (4 Marks).
b. German Jews on their persecution by the Nazis (4 Marks).