Historical Analysis/Student Copy

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Europe after WW1 1919 pg.#1

Sources:
● Movie Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzWL2XPBHMk
● Second video link here:
Film Vocabulary

● Important Terms
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Directions and Review Questions:

Using the provided link to the Historical Video ‘Crash Course History - Post-World War I Recovery #36’, watch
the video clip according to our class film schedule and answer each of the review questions that follow.

Each question requires 5 to 8 sentences or zero points will be earned. Write the answers to the discussion
questions on another sheet of paper. Make sure to properly title and identify your work before submitting.

Before you watch the video clip:

1. Describe what you remember about WW1 from last semester?
Answer goes here. Lots of lives were lost and it was a major event in history
2. What were the names of the two major groups that were fighting and what were they fighting about?
Answer goes here. World War I was fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The main
members of the Allied Powers were France, Russia, and Britain. The United States also fought on the side of
the Allies after 1917. The main members of the Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman
Empire, and Bulgaria.

3. When did the war begin and when did it end?

Answer goes here. July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918

Screen the first Segment of the Film:

1. Watch the film from the starting point 00:00 and play it until the end.
2. Stop the film.
3. As you screen the movie, take notes and identify the important elements you discover about WW1.
Use dictionary.com or enyclopedia.com
Video notes

After the video clip? 5 to 8 sentences per answer.

1. How did some countries in Europe manage to recover after the war?
The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to
Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15
billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent. The brainchild of U.S. Secretary of State George C
2. Which 2 nations had a difficult time with the recovery process? Why is it that they struggled to ‘get-back-to-
normal?
The years 1919-24 were marked by turmoil as Europe struggled to recover from the devastation of the First
World War and the destabilizing effects of the loss of four large historic empires: the German Empire, Austro-
Hungarian Empire, Russian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.

3. Predict what might happen to the nations that did successfully recover?
4. What might happen within the borders of the countries that did not recover fully?