Friday, March 21, 2014 (Vanessa)

Week Eleven, Day 2
The Rise of Dictators

• Kaiser Wilhelm renounced and fled to Holland, creating a vacuum.
• It was crushed by the Treaty of Versailles, economic burden from war reparations, and loss of major industrial areas.
• The beginning of Weimar Republic was starting.
• It had a massive burden of money because of the destruction of World War I. Germany was under tremendous stress.
• The Great Depression and Stock Market crashed happened in 1920s. In 1923, Germany officially collapsed.
• No money, no jobs. Everything completely collapsed. It was because of inflation, and money was worthless back then. Everything was taken away, the country had collapsed, and the people were humiliated, and had no hope.
• The Nazi Party began. Nazi stands for National Socialist Workers Party. By 1932, the Nazi Party was the largest in the Reichstag (German Parliament).
• In 1933, the President of Germany appointed Hitler as Chancellor, also known as Prime Minister. This was the trick made by the Nazis.
• The Nazi Party was registered as the Political Party.
• Jews became targets. In 1941, Jews became "enemies of the state", and were rounded up for prison camps as well.
• In 1933, Hitler and the Pope signed a "concordat", which was an agreement for the Pope to recognize Hitler's government, and to allow churches to remain in Germany.
• Industry improved, unemployment dropped to almost 0 (zero). All of a sudden, everybody had a job, a house, and a car.
• It was Hitler's idea to provide everyone with a standard living.
• Hitler provided a place called Prora, which had 10,000 rooms in total.
• Hitler declared in 1935. An autobahn was created, which was the fastest highway.

Notes from Trisha's presentation

• Hitler made the parliament (Reichstag) give him the power to pass laws without consulting it.
• Jews were persecuted (treated badly).
• Genocide was the mass of killing a particular racial or cultural group. Hitler wanted to kill all the Jews because he was not a Jew, and hated them so much.
• Extermination Camp was the place where Jews waited for their deaths.
• It was started in 1941. From 1941 to 1945, a total of 6 million Jews were killed. Hitler starved them and asked them to work very hard. They got less freedom because of the persecution. 
• Hitler encouraged people to destroy the businesses and homes.
• Hitler did this genocide because he wanted to wipe out all the population of Jews.

Monday, March 17, 2014 (Vanessa)

Week Eleven, Day 1
The Rise of Dictators

• Before World War I, countries had been split into two main groups or factions. A strong movement was underway to bring facism. Facism was a way of organizing a society, in which a government ruled by a dictator controlled the lives of the people, and in which people are not allowed to disagree with the government; very harsh control or authority (taken from Merriam Webster Dictionary)
• In a simpler way, facism was an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
• Governments became dictatorships. They run the country like military army. They were walking around like generals. 
• New alliances were forming between democracies and dictatorships.
• Main features of a democracy: everybody can vote and help choose a government; voters have a choice between parties; government power and terms are limited; everybody, including the government, must obey the laws of the land; individual and corporate freedoms (freedoms of speech, assembly, religion, etc.) were all protected by law.
• Communist dictatorships were in place (USSR) for the first time. The new China government, Kuo Ming Tang, was dealing with both a Japanese incursion and the onslaught of internal Communist undermining.
• Kuo Ming Tang was under two attacks: internally and externally, from Japanese and Communists.
• Taiwan refused to accept leaderships.
• The three case studies: USSR-Communist Dictatorship (page 118), ITALY-Facist Dictatorship (page 119), GERMANY-Socialist Dictatorship (pages 120-121).

Notes from Ashura's presentation

• Treaty of Versailles was related to the dictators.
• Germany blamed the treaty for making them poor. Germany lost a lot, including pride, money, and land. They were the victims of the Nazis.
• Hitler ignored the constitution and treaty. He actually wanted to go with his own ways.
• The treaty said that after Germany signed, Germany had to pay for the reparations and everything that cost.
• Germany was not satisfied with the treaty, because they think it was not fair. Hitler appeared on the scene, but did not want to follow the treaty's laws.
• The ideas of communism and fascism caused them to build their own ways.
• When the Germans invade Poland, the Japanese invaded Europe and China. 
• The Japanese and Germans made a decision. 
• World War II happened after all the aggressive actions, so Germany and Japanese were fighting with each other in an argument to know who was better. 
• There were a lot of appointments, and there was also the Stock Market crash. 
• Hitler went to jail, and wrote a book called "My Struggles", and he was released. Then, he came back to form the Nazis.
• Since a lot of people joined the Nazis, Hitler became arrogant and started to ignore the treaty's laws.
• A lot of countries mentioned about the leadership, but Germany actually used the idea of fascism and communism to lead their own country. 

week 10-1

Week 10 day 1:

Lecture 1:

- First president of the Weimar republic? Friedrich Ebert

- What was the place of the TOV signed? France, near Paris

- Germany’s conditions were depended on what things in the time of TOV? Overseas commerce and trade, tariff system, iron and coal.

- What were the greatest affects of the TOV? Political landscape of Europe, Germany’s economy collapse

- What countries of the triple entente and the central powers and who made the big three? Britain, france, Russia. Germany, Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria. Clemenceau, Wilson, Llyod George

- Why was it important for Germany’s overseas colonies to be taken away? So that Germany wouldn’t be a threat to other countries.

- What are the sections in the treaty of Versailles? Blame, reparations, army, territory

- What were germany’s great loses from the TOV? Pride and territory

- How much was the amount of money that Germany had to pay France for the amount of reparations? 132 billion dollars

- What are the limitations of TOV? Germany lost all their colonies to Britain,France etc.

- The leader of Germany and Russia has many things in common. What were they? They have the same point of view.

- How long did it take Germany to sign the TOV? 2 weeks

- When did the stock market crash? 1929

Lecture 2: NONE

Lecture 3: NONE

Day 2: NO LECTURE 1 AND 2 DUE TO EXAM

week 9-2

Week 9 day 2

Lecture 1: none

Lecture 2:

·      The treaty was formed to end the First World War.

·      Germany was forced to sign the treaty.

·      A peace settlement made after world war 1

·      Germany-allied powers

·      The treaty was given to Germany on 7 May, 1919

·      3 weeks to accept treaty

·      Saturday, 28 June 1919

·      More than 30 countries

·      For example Germany, France, UK, Italy

·      It ends the first world war

·      Armistice Day

·      Only Germany and Austria were the ones who could sign

·      The 3 politicians had different views

·      George Clemenceau wanted Germany to strip

·      Germany hated the treaty

·      They had to pay bunches of money

·      David George thought that the treaty was harsh

·      Treaty is a fair agreement made by other countries.

·      It was signed in order to stop world war 1

·      Wilson believed that punishing Germany will make Germany want revenge.

·      Wilson thought 14 Points would bring peace.

·      14 points was a statement.

·      The War took place mostly in France

·      Clemenceau wanted to punish Germany

·      Lloyd George agreed with 14 points

·      On 28 June 1919 the treaty of Versailles was signed.

·      Germans were mad.

·      They felt that it was unfair

·      If they did not sign, they had to be colonized by other countries.

·       

Lecture 3:

·      The TOV and the pride really affected Germany

·      The TOV was signed near Paris

·      It was signed by the germans

·      The world had forced Germany to do it since they started the war

·      TOV was to proclaim peace

·      Germany haad no other choice

·      They hate it

·      They were ashamed

·      And they blamed the world

February 19 - 28, 2014 (Vanessa)

Week Seven, Day 2 - Week Eight, Day 2
Depth Research and Team Activity - Was The Treaty of Versailles a Mistake? (Part 1)

Notes from Ashura's presentation

• There are four types of treaty: military, territorial, financial, and general.
• In military, the armies fell apart, and then the navies were not really working well.
• Territorial meant taking over lands. Countries all across Europe wanted to take the land which Germany invaded.
• Financial had something to do with money. Financial economics of Germany was really low, and it kept on dropping. 
• General simply meant everything. 
• Germany had no choice in signing the treaty. They did it anyway, in hopes to stop the World War from happening. They were given two choices: to sign the treaty, or let the other countries invade Germany.
• With this, Germany was very disappointed, and not satisfied. They hated the fact that they were accused for causing the war.
• Treaty was a peace settlement in the Russian Revolution, which happened in 1917. It was signed near Paris, at the Versailles Palace.

Notes from Trisha's presentation

• The treaty was formed for a reason: to end the First World War.
• Germany was forced to sign the treaty.
• A peace settlement was made after the First World War. It was given to Germany on May 7th, 1919. It took Germans 3 weeks to accept the treaty. 
• The treaty was signed on Saturday, June 28th, 1919.
• More than 30 countries around the world signed the treaty, such as German, France, UK, and Italy.
• It was signed at the Versailles Palace.

Notes from Allegra's presentation

• Armistice Day is on November 11th. Armistice Day is the anniversary of November 11th, 1918.
• There were the Big Three. Big Three consisted of Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and George Clemenceau. 
• Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George thought it would be better for everyone if German was not punished. They did not want to add more problems.
• On the other hand, George Clemenceau thought the opposite. He thought it was better to teach German a lesson by punishing them.

Notes on Vanessa's presentation

• Treaty is a fair agreement made by other countries.
• Treaty of Versailles is also known as Traité de Versailles.
• It was signed in order to end World War I.
• Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, and George Clemenceau were the Big Three. Wilson came from the US, Lloyd George came from the UK, while Clemenceau came from France.
• Wilson thought that punishing German would result German wanting revenge, and that Fourteen Points would bring peace. Fourteen Points was a statement.
• The war mostly took place in France. Due to this, Clemenceau wanted to punish German. He could not accept the fact that France was mostly destroyed, and nobody was guilty for it.
• On the other hand, Lloyd George agreed with Wilson, and also Fourteen Points. He did not want to cause more trouble. 
• On June 28th, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
• Germany was very mad for being accused. Germans thought it was unfair for them, but they had no other choice.