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SOCIAL STUDIES 30 IB
OVERVIEW OF TOPICS FOR IB
EXAMS
WORLD WAR 1 : 1914-1918
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(PAPER 2)
Causes of WW1
 Long
term causes (spheres of influence, alliances,
main players)
 Short
Term causes (Balkans and Assassination of
Franz Ferdinand)
WORLD WAR 1 FIGHTING STYLES

Trench Warfare
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Evolving Artillery and Technology
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Calvary shifts to infantry

Use of Poison Gas
WW1 : THE WESTERN FRONT
 Battle
of Mons – Aug 23, 1914
 Battle
of Marne – Sept 1914
 Battle
of Ypres (x3) – October 1914
 Battle
of Verdun – Feb 1916
 Battle
of Somme – July 1916
EASTERN FRONT/SEA, AIR BATTLES

Go through the reading package given to you at
the beginning of the semester.
 U-Boat
Campaign
 Evolution
of Airships
WW1 ON THE HOME FRONT

Civilians in the workforce

TOTAL WAR:
 Food
Rationing
 DORA
 Social Changes
 Roles and status of Women
END OF WW1

Events that contributed to the end of the war:
 Bolshevik
 USA
Revolution – Oct 1917
enters the war – April 6, 1917
 Treaty
of Brest-Litovsk -- March 1918
 Armistice
– November 11, 1918
INTERWAR PERIOD

(PAPER 1)
The Treaty of Versailles
 The
Big 3 (4) and each of their intentions
 Wilson’s
 The
14 points
military, territorial and economic clauses of TOV
 Article
231
 Reparations
GERMAN REACTION TO THE TREATY

Diktat

Not based on 14 points

Economic repercussions of the TOV
LEAGUE OF NATIONS OVERVIEW

Created with the treaty of Versailles
 Years
in existence
 Main
countries involved (and years of membership)
 Main
motives of the LoN (sanctions, mandate
system, military?)
 Why
didn’t the USA join the LoN?
PARIS PEACE TREATIES

For all of the following treaties examine the
who, what, where, when and why
 St.
Germain
 Trianon
 Neuilly
 Sevres
Rapallo
Lausanne
**Not part of Paris Peace Conference**
LEAGUE ACTION
1920-25
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1920 – Aaland Islands dispute
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1923 – Corfu
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1925 – Mosul
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1925 – War of the Stray Dog
RUHR CRISIS 1923-1924

Chronicle the events of the crisis including:
 Inability
of Germany to pay reparations
 French and Belgian occupation
 Passive resistance
LOCARNO 1925

What was the purpose of the Locarno pact?

What happened to Germany as a result of this
pact?
MANCHURIA
ABYSSINIA

1931

1935-1937

Background Info

What was Mussolini’s
purpose in Abyssinia?

LoN commissions …
success or failure??

League Actions…
success or failure?
MEANWHILE IN THE USSR (PAPER 2)

Steps to Stalin’s takeover from 1924-1928
 Main
opponent
 Stalin’s Policy of a self-sufficient Russia
 Takeover date
STALIN’S TOTALITARIANISM (1928-1953)
Controlled Participation
 Propaganda / Cult of the Leader
 Indoctrination
 Youth Control
 Force and Terror
 Secret Force
 Article 58
 Direction of Popular Discontent
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MEANWHILE IN GERMANY!
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Pre-Hitler Germany (Weimar Rep.) 1918-1923
 Reaction
to the Versailles treaty
 Reaction to WW1 loss
 Invasion of the Ruhr and Hyperinflation
HITLER AND HIS RISE TO POWER
 1923
– Beer Hall Putsch … Mein Kampf
 1925
– Hitler named leader of the Nazi Party.
(incorporation of symbols and uniforms)
 1928
– 1st time Hitler is involved in election (12
Seats in reichstag)
 July
1932 – 230 Seats (most in the Reichstag)
 Proportional
Representation
HITLERS RISE CONT…

November 1932 – Reichstag Fire
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1933– Hitler is chancellor, passes Enabling Act
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June 1934 – Night of the Long Knives
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Aug 19 1934 – Hitler declares himself Fuhrer
HITLER’S TECHNIQUES OF DICTATORSHIP
Controlled Participation
 Propaganda / Cult of the Leader
 Indoctrination
 Youth Control
 Force and Terror
 Secret Force
 Concentration Camps
 Direction of Popular Discontent
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SPANISH CIVIL WAR
1936-1939
Background to conflict
 Major Events beginning with Franco’s rebelion
in Morocco.
 Nationalists vs. Republicans
 Importance of International Support
 Guernica

WORLD WAR II
(PAPER 2)
 Changes
in tactics between the two world wars
 Changes in technology between the two wars
 Phoney War
 Important Battles:
 Dunkirk:
May 24-June 4, 1940
 Battle of Britain: July 1, 1940 …. Turns to the Blitz
 Battle of the Atlantic: 1939-1944
 Be familiar with the different ‘theaters’
OTHER NOTABLE CAMPAIGNS
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Operation Barbarossa: July 22 1941 – 1943
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Battle of Stalingrad: 1942-1943
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African Campaign

Pacific Campaign
WORLD WAR II ON THE HOME FRONT
 New
governments in Europe
 Home Front in GB:
Evacuation
Conscription
Controlling Information
Rationing
THE END OF WORLD WAR II
D-Day
 VE Day
 Anti-Cominterm Pact
 Tokyo Attack
 Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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THE COLD WAR

See the Cold War Timeline!!!!
(PAPER 2)