8.3 - Total War and War's End

Armenian Massacres (genocide)
Bolshevik Revolution (October 1917)
- led by Vladimir Lenin
- Advocated for "peace, land, and bread"
- Took Russia out of the war by making deals with Germany
Influenza Pandemic of 1918 (1918-1920)
League of Nations
- precursor to the UN
- if one nation was threatened, all others would come to its defense
March First Movement (March 1, 1919)
- movement for Korean independence from Japan
- 2 million Koreans protested
  - Japanese authorities killed hundreds & imprisoned thousands
May Fourth Movement (May 4, 1919)
- Young students protested for Democratic ideals
Paris Peace Conference (1919)
- Leaders of US, Britain, France, Italy led the way
Russian Revolution (February 1917)
- Czar Nicholas II was overthrown
- New regime wanted to continue to fight the war until victory was achieved
self-determination
- people should be able to make their own nations, not ruled by empires
Total War
- not just man vs man, nation vs nation
- needed to completely mobilize country's economy's to win the war
Treaty of Versailles
- punitive conditions imposed on Germany
Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
- Wanted to make the world "safe for democracy"
- Advocated self-determination
- Called to create the league of nations