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Unit 9 Packet (828-870—Take Note of the Questions and SKIP the non-essential)

Directions: The AP exam is creeping up and you would be doing yourself a disservice to have worked this hard and not put in the additional few weeks necessary for success. TAKE THE INITIATIVE and WORK UNTIL MAY 15.

  1. What technological inventions in the late 19th century prepared the way for mass communication?
  1. What are some ways in which mass media was used during the early part of the 20th century?
  1. Who was Joseph Goebbels and how did he use media in Nazi Germany?
  1. Why did mass leisure activities expand after World War I?
  1. Describe the relationship between totalitarian regimes and mass leisure.
  1. In what ways did World War I affect cultural and intellectual trends during the early part of the 20th century?
  1. Describe expressionism, Dadaism, and surrealism.
  1. What was the relationship between art and totalitarian regimes?
  1. Who was Carl Jung and what was his impact on psychology?
  1. What were some of the objectives in Adolf Hitler in beginning World War II?
  1. Examine the “diplomatic revolution” that took place in Europe during the early 1930s.
  1. What were some advantages that Germany had going into World War II?
  1. How did most of Europe respond to Hitler’s rearmament program in Germany?
  1. What was the overall impact of Germany’s occupation of the Rhineland? In what ways did it empower Germany?
  1. Analyze the new alliances that emerged in Europe during the 1930s.
  1. What were some of the provisions of Hitler’s blitzkrieg program?
  1. How was Hitler able to gain control of Austria? How did British disinterest aid in the process?
  1. How did Germany seize Czechoslovakia? How were the rest of the European countries dealt with?
  1. Discuss Hitler’s plans within Poland. How was the Soviet Union dealt with?
  1. What was the Nazi New Order?
  1. Who was Heinrich Himmler and how did he contribute to Hitler’s racial ideology?
  1. How did the Nazi New Order equate to the economic exploitation of subjugated people?
  1. What was the role of women in resistance movements?
  1. Describe the early Nazi policy toward the Jewish population of Germany.
  1. What was the Final Solution as perpetuated by the Nazis? How was it carried out?
  1. Describe the role of death camps in the Nazi New Order.
  1. What were some ways in which England mobilized their resources for war?
  1. How did the Soviet Union deal with World War II? What was Stalin’s policy of “supercentralization?”
  1. What role did Soviet women and peasants play in helping in the wartime economy?
  1. How did Hitler attempt to maintain the morale of the home front during the first two years of the war?
  1. How did World War II change the perception of women in Germany?
  1. Overall, what were some of the costs of World War II?
  1. What were some of the discussions and decisions made at Tehran in 1943?
  1. Overall, what were some decisions made by the Allies at the Yalta Conference in 1945? What was the debate over Germany and Poland?
  1. What were some issues that the Soviet Union had with the United States during the latter part of the war?
  1. What were some of the decisions made at Potsdam in 1945?

UNIT IX

WORLD WAR II ERA

(828-870)

Due Monday, April 7