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Imperialism,
war and
revolution
Unit 5 – HISTORY 4º bil

THE GREAT POWERS IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
1. AUTHORITARIAN: for example Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• The Kin...

The Russian Empire: autocracy.
• The tsar (emperor) has
absolute power (in politics
and religion).
• Opposition was repres...

The United States: the birth of a new power

The United States: the birth of a new power

The Meiji Era in Japan
• 1867-1914: Japan changed from
an agrarian feudal society to an
industrialised one.
• In 1867 the ...

Activities

FEBRUARY IS BLACK
HISTORY MONTH!

IMPERIALISM
• Imperialism is the policy of extending a
country’s domination (metropolis or mother
country) over other regi...

The colonizers were mainly the USA, Japan and European powers (above all
Great Britain and France).
The regions that becam...

FACTORS FOR
THE RISE OF
IMPERIALISM
• ECONOMIC: Industrialisation:
• Need invest capital for a greater profit
• Cheap raw ...

Activities

ACTIVITIES

Colonial rule
• COLONIES:(Belgian Congo)
• The mother country controlled every
aspect, the colonised nation lost all
sover...

Economic exploitation
• Colonial economies were based on
exploitation of natural resources:
• Plantation agriculture
• Min...

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL EFFECTS
• DEMOGRAPHY:
• Disastrous demographic impact at the
beginning (diseases).
• Later they receiv...

WORLD WAR I.
Context & causes.
• 1870-1914 was a period of uneasy
peace in Europe.
• The Bismarckian Alliance System
(1870...

WORLD WAR I.
Rivalries continued between
countries and two main opposed
alliances or blocs were the result
of the German p...

WORLD WAR I.
• After Wilhelm I died in 1890,
Bismarck was replaced, and
Wilhelm II favoured a more
agressive policy, start...

Alliances
evolution
• A number of alliances had
been signed by countries
between the years 1879 and
1914. These were impor...

WWI. The road to war…
• COLONIALISM or IMPERIALISM:
Imperialism is when a country
takes over new lands or
countries and ma...

ANOTHER CAUSE WAS…

Ultimatum
• In response to the assassination,
Austria-Hungary (supported by
Germany) issued an ultimatum to
Serbia.
• Serb...

SUMMARY OF WW1
CAUSES:
• The Bismarckian Alliance System
(1870-90)
• The Armed Peace (1890-1914).
• Military blocs / allia...

Activities

The course of the war
• The world’s great powers confronted each
other, along with their empires.
• Other countries joined...

SIDES
The Allies, previously
the Triple Entente
The Central Powers, before the
Triple Alliance (Italy didn´t join)

Stages of the war

Stages of the war

Schlieffen plan
• Germany designed a rapid attack
through Belgium (neutral) to
defeat France and them attack
also Russia.
...

War of positions / Trenches warfare
• The fronts stabilised.
• Trenches were built in both blocs.
• Very hard conditions.
...

• As the Western front stabilised… the Allies attacked in other regions:

• As the Western front stabilised… the Allies attacked in other regions:

• As the Western front stabilised… the Allies attacked in other regions:

DECISIVE YEAR because of these 2 main events.

The treaty of Brest Litovsk was the
treaty that formalised Russia's separate
peace out of WW1 on the 3rd of
March 1918, si...

Activities

Activity

Consequences
of WW1

Human and
material loss
• 15-20 million people died.
• Countless millions wounded.
• Material destruction was worst
in Fra...

Other
consequences
Economic decline: Europe became in heavy debt
with the USA.
New European states: due to the treaties of...

The peace
settlement
• After the armistice in 1918, the Allied Powers met at
the Paris Peace Conference (1919) to decide t...

The 27 participants in the Peace treaties

Peace
treaties
• The main decisions were taken by the
USA, Britain, France and Italy (the Big
Four).
• The main goals were...

War reparations

This was the only
proposal accepted
from the Wilson 14
Points!!!
However, Germany, Russia
and the USA (!) didn’t join =
in...

Territorial changes after WW1

ACTIVITIES

The Russian
Revolutions
THE ORIGINS: Tsarist Russia in the early 20th century.
• OLD REGIME:
• Absolute monarch: tsar (Nic...

Political opposition

ACTIVITY
• Describe the portrait.
• What effect does it create?
• Why do you think the tsar and his
wife decided to dress ...

The Revolution of 1905
• In 1905 Russia lost a war against
Japan, and consequently they
suffered an important economic and...

Bloody Sunday
• 9th january 1905 people
marched peacefully to the
Winter Palace (St
Petersburg): they
demanded improvement...

Bloody Sunday
• The following months there
were strikes and protests.
• People organised soviets
(popular assemblies).
• T...

Activities

The
Revolution of
February
1917

The Revolution of February 1917
• 23rd February 1917, Petrograd (later St. Petersburg): Demostration
“Peace, bread and lan...

The Revolution of February 1917
• The Revolution succeeded: a Provisional Government was formed
led by Kerensky.
• Tsar Ni...

The failure of the
Provisional Government
• The Provisional Government didn’t abandon
the war (defeats continued…).
• LENI...

The failure of the
Provisional
Government
• July 1917: popular
insurrection in
Petrograd.
• September 1917:
failed coup by...

The Revolution of
October 1917
• 24th october 1917 Lenin
joined the Petrograd
Soviet.
• 25th october the Soviets,
controll...

The
Revolution
of
October
1917
The Revolution was successful: new
Bolshevik government, led by Lenin.
CHANGES / MEASURES:
...

Civil War (1917-1922)
• Lenin lost the elections (november 1917)… even if he won in urban
areas… He didn’t accept it so… a...

Civil War
(1917-1922)
• 2 combatant groups:
• The Red Army: the Bolsheviks (Lenin + Trotsky)
• The White Army: the Counter...

Communist dictatorship

The impact of the
Russian Revolution

Activities

Revision activities

UNIT 5 Imperialism, war and revolution.pptx

UNIT 5 Imperialism, war and revolution.pptx

UNIT 5 Imperialism, war and revolution.pptx

UNIT 5 Imperialism, war and revolution.pptx

UNIT 5 Imperialism, war and revolution.pptx

UNIT 5 Imperialism, war and revolution.pptx

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