1. Do Now Gunners Pulling Cannons (on Haiku)

2. Agenda Nov. 2, 2017 Go over “Reading Guide” Pre-Read
Russian Revolution background lecture
Russian Revolution reading using “Reading Guide.”
Objective: How did WW I help bring about the Russian Revolution?
How did WW I affect the Russian Revolution?

3. Textbook Reading Guide
Go over Guide
Pre-Read
Make predictions
Create questions

4. Creating Questions Who, what, when, where, why, how
Cause and/or effect
Compare and/or contrast

5. Russian Revolution

6. Russian Government Before Revolution
Monarchy: The Czar (Tsar)
Until 1905 the Tsar's powers were unlimited.
Russia had no constitution,
no political party system to check the Tsar's power
A strong secret police which terrorized the people.

7. Czar Nicholas II (1894) Last Czar of Russia
Nicholas II was a harsh and weak ruler
The Russian economy was bankrupt because of the Russo-Japanese War and WWI. Russia’s entry into WWI became very unpopular.

8. Czar Nicholas II and Family

9. Russo-Japanese War (1904)
Dispute over Manchuria with Japan
Shook national confidence in their progress and rule of Czar.

10. Bloody Sunday (1905)

11. Russia and World War I Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary
War becomes unpopular
Rationing leads to starvation
Nicholas II leaves St. Petersburg to war front

13. March Revolution (1917)
1917- protests spread through St. Petersburg and the Royal palace is taken over.
Czar abdicates
Provisional government (Duma) takes control lead by Alexander Keresnky
Provisional government unpopular after decision to stay in WWI

14. October (Bolshevik) Revolution-1917
Lead by VI Lenin “Peace, Land, and Bread”
Won support of people (especially peasants)

17. 1918
1918 March The Bolsheviks accept the peace of Brest‑Litovsk, ending WWI with Germany. Lose eastern Poland, Finland, the Baltic States and Ukraine as a result.

18. Russian Civil War Red Army (Trotsky) White Army (ruling class)
Absolute power to former military leaders
White Army (ruling class)
1921 Reds win
NEP (New Economic Policy)
Let peasants keep surplus
1926 Recovery

19. Exit How did World War One help bring about the Russian Revolution?
Use two pieces of evidence in your justification.

20. Ottoman Empire
Grew out of the ashes of the Muslim empires (600s to 1200s)
After the Mongol invasions ( s)
Spread Islam throughout Middle East, North Africa and Asia.
Mostly tolerant of other religions.
Lasted over 600 years.

22. Decline…

24. Partitions after WW I

25. French Mandate for Syria & Lebanon

26. English Mandate for Palestine

27. Turn and Talk
How do you think the partition of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War affects the Middle East today?