1. Review 2 nd Exam: Introduction to World History Post-War Europe, 1919-1939 Post-War Europe, 1919-1939 Italy and the Rise of Fascism Italy and the Rise of Fascism Germany (Weimar Republic and Nazism) Germany (Weimar Republic and Nazism) United States/Latin America/Middle East United States/Latin America/Middle East Japan and China Japan and China Stalin’s Russia Stalin’s Russia Spanish Civil War Spanish Civil War Road to War: Appeasement Road to War: Appeasement Crises in Austria and Czechoslovakia Crises in Austria and Czechoslovakia From beginning of WWII to 1941. From beginning of WWII to 1941.

2. Review Session: Readings Readings you will be responsible for on the exam: Readings from Sources of Twentieh Century Global History: Chapters 3-5, 7-8. J.A. Grenville, A History of the World, Part III, Chapters 15-18; Part IV, Chapters 19- 25; Part V., Chapter 26.

3. Post-War Europe Peace Treaties: Versailles, etc. New Europe vs. Old Europe (New countries) Liberalism and alternative political/economic systems: Communism, Fascism, Authoritarianism (examples?)

4. Fate of Great Power system Italy in the post-war era: rise of fascism (causes and consequences, 1919-1934) What is fascism? Major ideological tenets: Statism, Corporatism, Anti- Enlightenment, Belief in Violence… Role of Mussolini (Il Duce)?

5. Germany Germany in the post-war era: rise of Nazism, Weimar interlude. Communist uprising, 1919 Right-wing coup attempts, 1920,1923. Define Weimar Republic (dates?) and know about political, economic, social circumstances which gave rise to extremist movements.

6. World Outside Europe United States in post-war era: From Wilsonian idealism to Prohibition (beginning and end), “Roaring Twenties,” Economic prosperity and political isolationism. Great Depression, 1929 F.D. Roosevelt and the “New Deal”, 1932-1945 “Good Neighbor” policy (Latin America)

7. Latin America Mexico Depression in L.A. Liberalism and Fascism in L.A. (Brazil )

8. Middle East Imperial Interests: Sykes-Picot (1916), Balfour Declaration (1917), Post-war treaties (Sèvres, 1920/Lausanne, 1923) Modern Turkey – Mustafa Pasha/Kemal Ataturk

9. Japan and China Japanese expansion, 1920s and 1930s Relations with West: Ending of Anglo- Japanese alliance, 1923 (Washington Naval Conference, 1921-1922). Manchukuo, 1932 War with China, 1937 “Rape of Nanking”

10. China Sun Yat-Sen’s death (1925) results in rise of his protégé, Chiang Kai-Shek. Kuomintang’s, KMT efforts to unify China Formation of PCC, 1921 “Northern Expedition,” 1927 – Cooperation between Kuomintang and Chinese Communists never materializes. 1937 -- Rape of Nanjing: China goes to war with Japan. Chinese Response to Japanese invasion

11. Soviet Union, 1924-1939 Russia in the post- Civil War era Main features of Stalin’s political/economic system (“Socialism in one country”) Stalin’s foreign policy: Isolationism, 1924-1935; Popular Front, 1935- 1939; “Alliance” with Germany, 1939-1941.

12. Spanish Civil War Second Republic, 1931-1936 Civil War, 1936-1939 Republican parties? Nationalist parties? Franco and Nationalists (relations with Germany and Italy) Non-Intervention (1936) and its impact

13. Facing the Dictators Great Britain and France Domestic responses to Great Depression Foreign Policies: Appeasement strategy

14. Inter-war Crises: Anschluss/Czechoslovakia, 1938- 1939 Germany’s annexation of Austria (March, 1938) Hitler’s efforts to annex Sudetenland (Spring- Summer, 1938) Fate of Czechoslovakia (Munich Agreement, 30 September 1938) End of “Appeasement”? (Anglo-Polish Agreement, March, 1939)

15. First stage of SWW Mussolini invades and annexes Albania – April, 1939 Soviet-Nazi pact, August, 1939 Invasion of Poland, 1 September, 1939 Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940 Scandinavian War, April-May, 1940 Fall of France, May-June, 1940 Battle of Britain, August-October, 1940

16. First stage, cont. U.S. and Lend-Lease (March, 1941) Battle of the Atlantic Italy’s Parallel War (October, 1940) Invasion of Balkans/North Africa